Sassafras Gully Fungi – 29 June 2026

I thought that after recent rain, it would be worth a look down Sassafras Gully at Springwood to see what fungi was out. I used to visit this gully quite frequently in pst fungi seasons, and know good places to look for interesting species. But, more recently, I have been concentrating on the easier to get to Birdwood Gully on the other side of Springwood.

On this visit, I started down the track from the end of Sassafras Gully Road and walked all the way down to Glenbrook Creek at the Lagoon. I had lunch there, and then continued downstream and exited via Magdala Creek.

Here are some photos I took along the way –

Porpolomopsis lewelliniae

Plectania campylospora

Hygrocybe sp.

Porpolomopsis c.f. calyptriformis

This was one of the key species of unusual waxcap that I had been looking out for. This is like a pink version of the common Porpolomopsis lewelliniae. I have found this pink splitting waxcap in two places along the track. In this first spot, I found three of them, all a bit old. Two had virtually fallen to bits, and this was the best of the three. The cap was about 6 cm across.

Hygrocybe sp.

Hygrocybe anomala

Gliophorus graminicolor

Hygrocybe sp.

Porpolomopsis c.f. calyptriformis

I found two more of these pink splitting waxcaps in the second location. These were a lot fresher.

Nearby, I found another interesting waxcap – Humidicutis sp. –

Clavaria pusio

Cuphophyllus aurantiopallens

Clavaria pusio

Mycena sp.

Entoloma sp. and Hygrocybe sp.

Hygrocybe sp.

I was now at The Lagoon, the large pool where the Sassafras Gully track meets Glenbrook Creek. There are often interesting species to be found near the campsite.

Ramariopsis pulchella

Geoglossum sp.

Below is a crop of the above photo, showing the springtails grazing on the Earth Tongue.

Hygrocybe batesii

There was not much fungi on the section downstream to Magdala Creek, nor much along the lower sections of that creek. Father upstream, I found a lot of large Ramaria at one particular spot where I have seen it growing many times.

Ramaria sp.