The day before, I had visited Sassafras Gully on the south side of Springwood. This day, I travelled back up to Springwood again and visited Birdwood Guly on the north side. I had visited this gully, not long before, on the 26 June and found a fair bit of good fungi, and I was keen to get an update.
On that last trip, I had found 6 of the rare Parrot Waxcaps (Gliophorus psittacinus group). This time I found all those 6 again, and if pretty good condition and I also found another 7. These waxcaps are often very small (less than 2 cm tall) and are extremely hard to spot amongst the leaf litter in the gloomy rainforest. Here are some photos of them –
Gliophorus psittacinus group and Trichoglossum hirsutum
Gliophorus psittacinus group
I had spent a fair bit of time looking for and then photographing these rare waxcaps. But there was other fungi to be found in the gully.
Hygrocybe sp.
Trichoglossum hirsutum
Ramaria sp.
Candelolepiota sinica
Hygrocybe roseoflavida
It was nice to find this beautiful pink waxcap!
Tremella sp.
Gliophorus graminicolor
Hygrocybe sp.
And another pink waxcap – Hygrocybe roseoflavida –
Hygrocybe batesii
Hygrocybe lilaceolamellata
Ramariopsis kunzei
Gliophorus viridis
Clavulina sp.
This had been another nice day in the bush.