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What are these cute guys? (imgur.com)

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Location: New South Wales
Time of year: Spring (very wet)
Description of growth medium: Soil and bark
Description of location: Feild
Surrounding flora: Grass
Recent weather: Very wet, heavy rain
Cap characteristics: Orange/Chestnut, older ones are slightly paler. Small vertical stripes, tiny yellow freckles
Textures: Smooth, a little rubbery
Spore print characteristics: Younger ones mostly cream, darkening to Brown/Purple on older ones
Characteristics of the stipe: Long, no ring, pale and thin, flexible
Characteristics of the gills: Unattached

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

https://imgur.com/a/oQdchsB Gill pics NSFW 😂

[–] the_artic_one 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Not my region but Purpleish spores means it's likely Psathyrellaceae. That pleated sausage-shaped cap is typically associated with the inky caps.

It looks like it might be Coprinellus Micaceus (Mica Cap) which is very widely distributed and is said to feature "glistening mica-like particles on the cap" which yours appears to have.

Like I said, not my region so I don't know of any potential lookalikes, we have C. Micaceus in my region (North American Pacific Northwest) but I've never examined one in person so I can't be too confident.