Wolli Creek Fungi – 8 April 2017

This was a joint activity of the Sydney Fungal Studies Group Inc and the Wolli Creek Preservation Society. After meeting at the picnic tables at Girrahween Park, we broke up into two groups to look for and collect fungi specimens.

One group headed down the Two Valleys Track and the other group, the one I was in headed up the track – walking from Bardwell Park to Bexley North and back. On the way our group found a fair bit of fungi – but not a huge variety or abundance and nothing too interesting.

 

At lunchtime, we met up again at Girrahween Park and after lunch we examined what we had found and tried to identify each species.

Omphalotus nidiformis

One fairly common fungus that we found was Omphalotus nidiformis. This has the common name “Ghost Fungus” as it goes in the dark. I took a bit hoe and late that evening, after dark photographed it –

Omphalotus nidiformis

Omphalotus nidiformis

Settings – 30 seconds, f1.8, 6400 ISO. It is interesting to see that the bottom (gills) are a lot righter than the top. This supports the theory that certain fungi are bioluminescent to attract insects and other small organisms that may help spread the fungal spores.

I have put up some more photos of the day on my website here.

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