I headed down to Bola Creek, in Royal National Park, with the Sydney Fungal Studies Group Inc on their field activity to see what fungi was out. It had been quite dry for most of April and early May, so I had low expectations. But we found a fair bit out – although some of what we saw was not that fresh.
Gliophorus chromolimoneus
Here is one interesting waxcap that was found by Liz Kabanoff –
Gliophorus iropus
We were not sure what it was. Liz had said it was pinker when she collected it and had dried to a bluer colour. So we now think it likely to be Gliophorus iropus (= Hygrocybe iropus) We found a fair few other waxcaps out –
Also, we found a lot of coral fungi –
Another interesting species that we found was Nomuraea atypicola. This is like a cordyceps, but it parasitises a spider rather than a caterpillar or insect.
Nomuraea atypicola
Here are some of the other fungi we found on the day –
More photos, with identification are on my website here.