Another trip to check out the fungi at Ferndale Park at Chatswood. Its interesting to see how the fungi has changed – more of some species and less of others.
I was keen to see if any Waxcaps were out. A few seemed to be just starting out –
And I found this larger grey fungus. Perhaps Hygrocybe griseoramosa.
Another species I was looking for is the Toothed Jelly Fungus – Pseudohydnum gelatinosum. This species seems to return to the same logs each season, and I have been looking for it on logs I have seen it on before in Birdwood Gully, Bola Creek, Sassafras Gully and here at Ferndale Park without success. Until now. It was good to see it had returned.
Another interesting species, is the one in the first photo. It is in Fuhrer’s guidebook as “?Lepiota sp“. This is small fungus that grows at the base of trees, often in little nooks, so can be hard to spot unless you look out for it. One characteristic is the red droplets on it.
I have seen this species before at Ferndale Park. Tis time I found it in a different place.
Another species I look out for, is this Cystolepiota. It grows in little nooks in dirt banks and is very distinctive. This is my first observation for the season –
Some corals are starting to appear –
I like this photo – showing a millepede having a snack –
Another species that I have seen many places here and at other locations is a very small fungus that grows on soil or rock banks, and often with moss or liverworts. It is so small that it is probably easy to overlook. But it quite beautiful with white widely spaced gills. It also has a velvety texture.
I now think it is very likely to be Rimbachia cf. bryophila.
Another small fungus growing amounts bryophytes is the one that appears in the second coral fungi picture above. Here is a closer view –
I saw several of these near the coral fungus in that photo.
I also found a stinkhorn, although it was not in the best of condition.
There are quite a few tiny springtails on the end of the stinkhorn. It is Mutinus boninensis. You can see the “egg” like structure it emerged from, and a second egg about to “hatch” behind it. I saw a dozen or more eggs of this species in Sassafras Gully one season, and they slowly hatched over a few weeks.
Another small fungus that is also easily overlooked is reappearing. It grows on soil. I think it is Stereopsis hiscens.
Here is some of the other fungi that I found –
And some slime moulds –
