I had a very interesting trip down Sassafras Gully to looks for and photograph the fungi. Despite it being fairly dry recently, there was a reasonable amount of fungi out. On this trip, I started down the track from the end of Sassafras Gully Road, walked down to Glenbrook Creek and returned via Magdala Creek and Fairy Dell.
Here is a selection of what I saw. First a few specific examples of boletes –
And now some of the coral fungi –
I found a fair bit of toothed or spine fungi –
There were quite a few waxcaps out. Particularly Hygrocybe miniata –
Some of the other waxcaps –
There were quite a few Cortinarius out –
And some Russulas. Here is one –
And I found one Gomphus and a some Trumpet Fungi –
The Gomphus was growing in the same place that I have seen it before, including earlier this year.
The trumpet fungus, Craterellus cornucopioides, was growing on the track up Magdala Creek, a place where I had seen it before, but this time it was growing in a different spot.
One fungus that was quite abundant was the tine Amparoina spinosissima – it was all growing on fallen galls.
A selection of the Ascomycetes –
This is the one of three Cordyceps gunnii, the first I have seen this season.
A few polypores –
The pure white one is an unidentified species that I have only found in one small spot, and seems to recur there each season. It grows on soil.
Some of the other fungi –
The last of the beautiful blue Entoloma viriscens for the season?
I have been seeing these small white fungi a lot recently. They seem to grown on dirt banks and rocks (as well as wood). I have no idea what they are.
And a fungus infected with a mould –
More photos together with identifications are online here on my website.