![Unverified Cap on a stem; gills below cap [mushrooms or mushroom-like] at Forbes Creek, NSW - 17 May 2025 by JessBelle](https://api.naturemapr.org/api/sightings/4670218/images/1?width=300&height=300 "Unverified Cap on a stem; gills below cap [mushrooms or mushroom-like] at Forbes Creek, NSW - 17 May 2025 by JessBelle")
![Unverified Cap on a stem; pores below cap [boletes & stemmed polypores] at O'Malley, ACT - Yesterday by Mike](https://api.naturemapr.org/api/sightings/4670141/images/1?width=300&height=300 "Unverified Cap on a stem; pores below cap [boletes & stemmed polypores] at O'Malley, ACT - Yesterday by Mike")
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Varanus varius
Oryctolagus cuniculus
including, shown here most of the botanical key features.
Example Flora of NSW online PlantNet botanical key differences between _Lomandra_micrantha_ and
_Lomandra_laxa_, _Lomandra_filiformis_, _Lomandra_cylindrica_, _Lomandra_brevis_, _Lomandra_bracteata_ and _Lomandra_gracilis_ :
" ...
15. All tepals similar in size and shape, the flower widely open at maturity _Lomandra_micrantha_
Outer and inner tepals dissimilar (outer tepals shorter than inner tepals), the flower remaining half open – half closed, many facing downwards, bell-shaped ... ... ...
... " .
Hence, shown in these fine photographs here:
the inner and outer tepals dissimilar, including the outer tepals shorter and different in form and colour from the longer inner tepals
and each flower not opening widely at flower maturity (anthesis), rather each flower shown here remains bell–shaped .
Great work !
Appears that in NatureMapr, this provides its first sighting for this species .
Please double check my identification here .
Lomandra laxa
• Flora of NSW online PlantNet:
→ https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Lomandra
→ https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Lomandra~laxa
.
Lomandra laxa
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