Annex

Mushroom spawn and/or cultures for propagation (permitted and non-permitted species)

Effective 16 July 2017 to 21 December 2018

Cultures and/or spawn may be imported on agar plates, vials, test tubes, straw, sawdust, wood plugs or grain carriers.

Table 1 - list of permitted mushroom species that may be imported as mushroom spawn or as mycelial cultures

	Mushroom Genus/Species	Common Name/s	Permitted from (specific countries only)
1.	Agaricus spp. (excluding prohibited species listed in table 2 below)	Button mushroom	All countries
2.	Agrocybe aegerita (synonym: Agrocybe cylindracea)	Chestnut mushroom	All countries
3.	Auricularia spp.	Jelly fungus, black fungus, jews ear fungus	All countries
4.	Boletus edulis	Porcini mushroom, cep mushroom	All countries
5.	Cantharellus cibarius	Chantarella mushroom, gallinacci mushroom, girolles mushroom	All countries
6.	Coprinus comatus	Lawyer’s wig, Shaggy inkcap	All countries
7.	Craterellus cornucopioides	Craterellus mushroom, tompette des morts mushrooms	All countries
8.	Flammulina spp.	Enoke mushroom, enoketake mushroom, velvet stem mushroom, winter mushrooms	All countries
9.	Hydnum repandum	Pied de mouton mushroom, Shepherd mushroom	France only
10.	Lactarius deliciosus	Saffron milk cap mushroom	France only
11.	Lentinus edodes (synonym: Lentinula edodes)	Shitake mushroom	All countries
12.	Lyophyllum spp.	Shimeji mushroom	All countries
13.	Marasmius oreades	Mousseron mushroom, fariry ring mushroom	France only
14.	Morchella spp.	Morchella mushroom	All countries
15.	Pholiota nameko	Nameko mushroom	All countries
16	Pleurotus spp.	Abalone mushroom, oyster mushroom;	All countries
17.	Stropharia rugosoannulata	Garden giant mushroom, king stropharia, wine red stropharia, wine cap stropharia	All countries
18.	Trametes versicolour	Turkey tail	All countries
19.	Tremella spp.	Cloud ear mushroom, silver ear mushroom, white jelly fungus	All countries
20.	Tricholoma bakamatsutake Tricholoma caligatum Tricholoma matsutake (synonym: T. nauseosum) Tricholoma magnivelare Tricholoma terreum	Princess matsutake European matsutake Singer matsutake White matsutake Grisets mushroom	All countries
21.	Tuber spp. (Truffles) Only the following species of Truffles are permitted entry: 1. Tuber melanosporum (Perigord black truffle) 2. T. magnatum (Italian white truffle) 3. T. aestivum (synonym: T. uncinatum) (Burgundy or English truffle) 4. T. borchii (synonym: T. albidum) (Spring white truffles or Bianchetto).	Truffles	All countries
22.	Volvariella volvacea	Straw mushroom	All countries

Table 2 - Examples of species that are weeds (list not exhaustive)

	Mushroom Genus/Species	Common Name/s	Prohibited from (specific countries only)
1.	Agaricus ulmarius (synonym: Hypsizygus ulmarius)	Agaricus mushroom	All countries
2.	Agaricus tessulatus (synonym: Hypsizygus tessulatus)	Agaricus mushroom	All countries
3.	Clitocybe maxima	Big cup mushroom	All countries
4.	Grifola frondosa	Hens of the woods, Maitake (dancing mushroom), Ram’s head, Sheep’s head	All countries
5.	Hericium erinaceus	Monkey head mushroom	All countries

These species have been assessed as posing a high risk of becoming weeds in Australian territory and are not permitted entry.

Note: Any species not listed in table 1 are not permitted entry into Australian territory.