English: Nardoo.
Region: Australia.
Habitat: wetlands; in mud substrates; in water up to one metre deep; abundant after floods.
and produces herbage that floats on the surface of quiet water bodies. It
Content: thiaminase, toxic, destroys thiamine, causing beriberi; poisoning sheep, humans,
Used: sporocarp roasted, grinded, mixed with water for dough.
BotanyFern; perennial; aquatic; forming mats on the water's surface and cover the ground in carpets as floodwaters recede.
Root: rhizomatous; roots.
Leaves: two pairs of leaflets; erect when not floating.
Sporocarps: remain viable for 50 years; release spores only after being thoroughly soaked; dispersed by birds, by flowing water.