I joined the Sydney Fungal Studies Group Inc for their first field study since the lockdown which was held at Wolli Ck Regional Park. This survey was also a joint activity with the Wolli Creek Preservation Society. The group met at Girrahween Park at Earlwood by 10 am, and then divided into two groups – one to survey upstream and one to survey downstream.
Where we met, we spotted an interesting Amanita sp. nearby –
I was in the group that surveyed upstream. We crossed Hartill-Law Avenue and followed the Two Valleys Track. Not too far along we found some nice fungi. On earlier trips, I had found a number of waxcaps out at one small spot. This visit it did not disappoint.
Hygrocybe aurantipes
Hygrocybe austropratensis
Perhaps Hygrophorus involutus
Lots of Hygrocybe astatogala
One red Hygrocybe collucera
This nice orange waxcap. Perhaps Hygrocybe polychroma
Hygrocybe cheelii
Amongst the waxcaps there were some other fungi such as this Geoglossum cookeanum
And a beautiful Cruentomycena viscidocruenta
Further back along the track were a number of Cortinarius rotundisporus –
And quite a few of these large brain like puffballs – Calvatia craniiformis
And some Clavulinopsis amoena
Some Lactarius eucalypti
We then headed back to Girrahween Park where we rejoined the other group and after a lunch break we compared what we had found and tried to make identifications.
After this, I made my way downstream to check out some downstream areas that we had not been able to survey. Here are some of what I found –
Clavulinopsis sulcata
Clavulina cinerea
Gliophorus graminicolor
Clavulinopsis amoena
Ramariopsis simplex
Hygrocybe aurantipes
Hygrocybe sp.
Ramariopsis sp.
Clavulinopsis fusiformis
Dacrypinax spathularia
