Omphalina s.l.

<p><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="color: #000000;">Mushrooms in the genus <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Omphalina</em> s.l. grow on soil and are small, with caps often only a centimetre or so in diameter and stems often of a similar length. The caps have a central depression and are therefore often somewhat funnel-shaped, but the margins may curve down a bit. Many of the species are brightly coloured but there are also dull coloured and white species. The pair of letters <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">s.l.</em> is a standard abbreviation in botanical works for the Latin phrase <em>sensu lato</em> (meaning 'in the broad sense'). <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Omphalina</em>, as understood decades ago, has been split into several genera that are not always easy to recognize visually. Note that the genus <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Omphalina</em> still exists but more narrowly defined than before. The usage of <em>s.l.</em> will, at times, allow a level of identification finer than family but where it is not possible to have any confidence in assigning a genus to a photograph. </span></span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="color: #000000;">If the mushrooms are yellow, check out&nbsp;<em>Lichenomphalia chromacea</em>: http://canberranaturemap.org/Community/Species/5840.</span></span></p>