Sassafras Gully was a good place to visit. Almost empty trains to Springwood, and almost nobody on the tracks. On this trip I walked from the station to Sassafras Gully Road, then down the track to the Lagoon at Glenbrook Creek, then back via the Wiggins Track. A reasonable amount of fungi was out.
Hygrocybe lilaceolamellata
The highlight of this visit was finding quite a few species of waxcaps out. Here are some –
Hygrocybe sp.
I am not sure what this large orange waxcap is.
Gliophorus graminicolor
Hygrocybe anomola var. anomola
Humidicutis taekeri
The gills look a bit green in the second photo, but these seemed to have dried out a bit.
Hygrocybe mavis
I saw a number of these in a location I had seen them on previous seasons.
Hygrocybe lilaceolamellata
Hygrocybe aurantiopallens
Hygrocybe miniata
Hygrocybe cantherellus
Hygrocybe austropratensis
When conditions are good for waxcaps, they are often also good for coral fungi. Here is some that I found.
The blue-purple coral above is probably Clavaria zollingeri Ramariopsis pulchella. It was tiny. Very small growing in moss covered ground at an old fireplace location.
I also saw quite a few Cordyceps out.
Some of the other Ascomycetes –
And some other fungi –
The one above is Gomphus sp. I spotted this on the previous visit and it has not got any larger. It is now looking very old.
At one point, I also followed an old side track, that led to a large stone cross. It is believed that it was constructed by seminarians from the nearby St Columbus College sometime before 1950.
