After recent exercise walks, I was keen to check out more fungi while conditions were favourable. I decided to make a visit to Springwood. That would allows me to complete a nice walk through Sassafras Gully.
Humidicutis taekeri
This turned out to work out fine. I travelled in a virtually empty train, and then set off for the track. Along the way, I did encounter quite a few other parties out walking – mainly quite large family groups, but there was plenty of room to move well off the track. On my walk, I filled the track down from the end of Sassafras Gully Road, then walked down to Glenbrook Creek, and along that and out via Magdala Creek and Fairy Dell.
The fungi that I found out was quite interesting. Near the start fo the track I found a weeping polypore –
Lower down in the rainforest, I found my first waxcaps –
And then, further along, I located two small examples of Gomphus just starting to emerge. I have found the same species growing at this spot for quite a few years now. It also appears at one location in Birdwood Gully on the other side of Springwood. This year, it appeared much earlier in Birdwood Gully than it did in Sassafras Gully.
A little further along, on moist log, I saw these growing –
At the junction of the Victory Track, I had a good look around as there is often interesting fungi to be seen. I found more red waxcaps –
And two varieties of Cordyceps –
And plenty of small yellow discs growing in the soil –
Back on the main track I found quite a bit out –
The campsite area near the lagoon, where the track meets Glenbrook Creek is often worth checking out carefully. I found some strange black clubs –
I also found some small purple-blue coral fungi. I wonder if this is normal Clavaria zollingeri or a variant. I have seen it this colour in the same place a few years ago.
Amongst them were growing some yellow clubs.
And another area was covered with yellow-orange discs –
in the above photo you can also see an orange cup fungus on the lower right.
A short way downstream, I was please to see this white polypore growing.
It grows from the soil and seems quite strange. I have no idea what it could be – even to genus level. I have seen it growing in this place for at least 5 years. I was worried that it might not appear again after floods earlier in the year scoured out the creekbed here. I thought its habitat may have gone. Its good to see it once more.
The section to Magdala Creek did not have much fungi out. Nor the lower part of Magdala Creek. Things improved upstream –
Some waxcaps –
Here is slime mould –
And it was nice to spot a Entoloma viriscens, even if it was very small –
And another waxcap –
