The Sydney Fungal Studies Group were holding a field study at Ferndale Park at Chatswood, which I was coordinating. After a week of rain, the weather on the Saturday was fine and sunny. There was a fair amount of fungi out, and we had an enthusiastic group of participants on the day.
Here is some of the fungi we found –
Probably Trogia sp.
Lactarius aff. piperatus
Lactarius eucalypti
Phaeoaphelaria sp.
Clavulina sp.
Tremella mesenterica
Perhaps Simocybe sp.
Here is an insect infected with a Cordyceps sp. fungus.
Helvella fibrosa
Stinkhorn “egg”, probably Phallus indusiatus –
Geoglossum sp.
Humidicutis helicoides
Gliophorus graminicolor
Humidicutis sp.
Clavulinopsis fusiformis
Lasiosphaeria ovina
Clavaria zollingeri
We found this large jelly fungus on a log. Perhaps Tremiscus helvelloides (Guepinia helvelloides) or similar?
Clavulinopsis corallinorosacea
Hygrocybe sp.
I am not sure what these are –
Microglossum viride
Thaxterogaster submagellanicus
Gliophorus viscidibrunnea
Leotia lubrica
Sarcodon sp.
Clavulinopsis amoena
Clavaria filicicola
Mycena subgalericulata
Clavulina coralloides
Some of the participants –
I would like to thank Nicholas Yu, the Natural Assets Officer of Willoughby Council for granting permission for the field study to go ahead. Also thanks to Pam O’Sullivan and Kerry and Trevor Millichamp for help with identifications. Much appreciated.