After my walk along the Lane Cove River the day before having been good for social isolation and exercise, I decided to make a visit to Royal National Park for a walk. I caught the train to Waterfall and then walked along the Uloola Trail, and down the Couranga Track to the Hacking River, then around the Forest Loop Track, with a look along Bola Creek for fungi, then completing the rest of the loop and bak up the same way to Waterfall.
Again, I encountered very few people in the train and along the tracks. And it was worth seeing the fungi. Here is a selection. First some coral fungi –
Next some waxcaps –
I was pleased to see some Trumpet Fungi – Craterellus cornucopioides. One spot along the creek is a place where I have seen it most years. It was out here in abundance –
But I also found it in two other places –
I also found some related fungi. Gloeocantharellus novae-zelandiae –
Some of the other fungi –
Some Slime Moulds –
And I saw quite a few of these orchids –
