This was a good trip. It had been very dry, but I found a lot more fungi than I expected. I started off by walking down to Ferndale Park from Chatswood Station.
Gliophorus psitacinus var. psittacinus
I did not find too much fungi out, but I did find some fresh fungi had appeared. Some which I had not see before this season. However some of the fungi was old and quite dried out. I was looking for waxcaps, and in particular the Ferndale Park Green-Pink Waxcap (Humidicutis sp.). I looked carefully but didn’t find any. But I was pleased to find some fresh Hygrocybe anomola –
Hygrocybe anomola var anomola
I seemed to find both varieties. Hygrocybe anomola var ianthinmarginata and Hygrocybe anomola var anomola.
Some of the other waxcaps –
And some of the other fungi at Ferndale Park –
I then followed the track to the Lane Cove River, crossed it and headed upstream. I did not fin very much fungi out until I reached a particularly moist area where I had previously seen the Parrot Waxcaps (Gliophorus psitacinus var. psittacinus). They were still out, although some of them had dried out a lot. Here are some of them –
I also photographed some of the unidentified coral fungi in the area –
And some of the other fungi –
These were almost too small to see. Very tiny growing on soil
I am not sure if this is a slime mould or a fungus. It had been much the same now for several weeks.
More photos together with identifications are online – here for Ferndale Park and here for the Lane Cove River.