After a great day down Birdwood Gully, I thought it may be worth visiting the nearby Sassafras Gully to see what fungi was out.
Hygrocybe miniata
Sassafras Gully has a lot larger area of suitable fungi habitat than Birdwood Gully, and I found a reasonable amount of fungi out. Perhaps the density was not as great as Birdwood Gully though.
Entoloma viriscens
One of the highlights was fine the Blue Entoloma – Entoloma viriscens. I found two of these, not in the best condition, fairly high up in the gully. Another highlight was finding some waxcaps. Waxcaps usually only fruit during the cooler months – May to August. But each season, I seem to find some out early in Sassafras Gully in certain locations.
Most of the species I found are probably Hygrocybe miniata – a common brilliant red coloured waxcap. But I also found a single species of an unusual waxcap. Hygrocybe sp. or Humidicutis sp.
Hygrocybe iropus
And this one may be the white waxcap, Cuphophyllus virgineus.
Cuphophyllus virgineus
There were a number of boletes out.
In Birdwood Gully, two days before, we had found some species of Gomphus. So I looked where I had seen them before in Sassafras Gully, and sure enough they were out –
I also found an occurrence of the Blue Tipped Coral – Phaeoclavulina abietina. I think this is the same species we had seen in Birdwood Gully. Here it grows a bit smaller and more slender – perhaps because the substrate looks poorer.
Phaeoclavulina abietina
I found this interesting species. I have no idea what it is. They were very tiny. Perhaps developing Amauraderma rude?
Some of the other fungi –
And some slime moulds –
Lastly one orchid –
Cryptostylis erecta