This was another in my series of fungi walks to parts of the Lane Cove River and its tributaries. On this trip, I walked from Eastwood Station, down Terrys Creek to the Lane Cove River, then down the Great North Walk track to the De-Burgh Bridge, which I crossed then went a short way downstream, before returning to walk out to Macquarie Park Metro Station.
I had been expecting good fungi along Terrys Creek, but on recent visits t has been a bit underwhelming. There was quite a lot of coral fungi out, but few waxcaps. Here are some of the corals –
And I did see these waxcaps –
Hygrocybe leucogloea
Hygrocybe austropratensis
At Browns Waterhole, I was on the lookout that I had seen from photos posted to the Fungi of the Sydney Region Facebook Page the day before. I soon found them. There was a single Hygrocybe reesiae tucked in a small nook –
Nearby was some spine fungi. I think they are Beenakia dacostae (rather than the common Hydnum repandum) as the spines go some way down the stipe.
I also found some more Ramariopsis crocea nearby –
I then set off downstream. I saw some fungi along the way. Here is a Cortinarus rotundisporus –
And these are Hydnum repandum –
Rickenella fibula
And one of many Acianthus sp. Orchids –
Cortinarius austrovenetus
Ramaria filicola
I then reached the area where I had seen what I think are the Parrot Waxcaps earlier in the season ( Gliophorus psittacinus var. psittacinus ) and during previous seasons. Would any be around. I found only the remains of a very old one. Not worth a photo. But nearby where some corals –
I then moved along the track to where there are some Corybas Orchids.
Nearby, I spotted some more corals –
And these one are rather strange Clavulinopsis sulcata –
Then I spotted a single waxcap. I think this may be a Parrot Waxcap, Gliophorus psittacinus var. psittacinus. It was about 20 metres away from the small spot I seen them before – which is also the only place I have seen them before.
A little further along, Clavulinopsis fusiformis –
And a last waxcap, a Hygrocybe austropratensis –
