This visit to Bola Creek was a field activity organised by the Sydney Fungal Studies Group Inc. With a lot of members and visitors present we were able to find some very interesting fungi.
The previous Saturday, and also been a field activity of SFSGI, held at Wolli Ck. On that activity, a large number of boletes had been observed. A week later in a different location, we also observed a lot of boletes, but also a lot of Russulas.
We could not help noticing some large clusters of Omphalotus –
Harder to find, were some tiny red waxcaps – Hygrocybe miniata –
On a large log was some very interesting fungi. One part had formed a white tower, while nearby were more conventional brackets. This fungus is possibly Bondarzewia berkeleyi.
Perhaps the most interesting finding was a small fungus found by member Pam O’Sullivan. It was perhaps 5 mm across and looked like a small Cyptotrama asprata. However, once examined with a hand lens we could see that it was an ordinary brown fungus that had been infected with another fungus – Neobarya agaricicola.
Another unusual finding was a bracket fungus. It appeared to have an underside covered with the typical pores you find on these sort of fungi. But, again with the aid of a hand lens – its underside was revealed to be covered in small teeth rather than pores.
Another fascinating fungus was a Cordyceps gunii that had been dug up out of the ground with its host caterpillar still attached.
Here is a selection of some of the other fungi we observed –
More photos together with identifications are on my website here.
Slime Mould – Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa
Beautiful post of some stunning fungi and slime molds!!