Lane Cove Valley Fungi – 30 May 2020

On this walk I went from Eastwood, down Terrys Creek to the Lane Cove River, then followed the track by the river downstream (Part of the Great North Walk) to the DeBurgh Bridge, crossed the bridge and exited to Macquarie Park. I had two main aims – to check out the fungi in Terrys Creek and to also look to see if the Parrot Waxcaps, the Gliophorus psitacinus var. psittacinus, was out.

Well – I didn’t find too much fungi along Terrys Creek, but I was pleased to find the Parrot Waxcaps out lower down the valley.

First some fungi from Terrys Creek – a lot of corals –

This one is Stereopsis hiscens –

More corals. Here is some Clavulinopsis depokensis –

When I reached the Lane Cove River at Browns Waterhole, I first went upstream to check out a site. At one spot I had seen a lot of orchids. They were out again. Here are some Acianthus fornicatus –

Thanks to Karlo Tatiana for the id. Nearby was some tiny but beautiful coral fungi.

These are Ramariopsis crocea. Here is a Russula rosea –

I arrived at a stet had previously seen a number of interesting fungi. I looked carefully, but could only find some of these Rimbachia cf. bryophila –

I haded back downstream. On the fire trail below Browns Waterhole I found some Ramaria lorithamnus –

Here is a nice Cortinarius archeri –

And more Ramaria lorithamnus –

Here is some Lichenomphalia chromacea –

Further down I was on the lookout for spine fungi. I found some. The first is Hydnellum auratile –

And this is some Hydnellum fraudulentum just coming up –

Some more corals. First some Clavulinopsis sulcata –

And near the De Burghs Bridge, growing in the needles of Casuarinas, some Ramaria filicicola –

I then arrived at a nice pocket of rainforest. And I was very pleased to see the return of what I think are Gliophorus psitacinus var. psittacinus – the Parrot Waxcaps. I have seen them growing in the same very small area for five of the past six years.