Lane Cove River and Terrys Creek Walk – 19 May 2021

This was an enjoyable walk along part of the Lane Cove River from near the De Burgh Bridge to Browns Waterhole, and then out via Terrys Creek to Eastwood Station. To get to the start I caught a bus from Pymble Station and got off near the National Park Entrance.

I was pleased with the fungi I saw. In particular, I found the waxcaps that I think are Gliophorus psittacinus had appeared.

These have only been found in one very small spot in a patch of rainforest along the river. They are a most interesting and beautiful species. As they develop, if conditions are right (not too hot, windy or dry), they change colour – from yellow/orange to green or the other way. Here are some more photos –

I found a few other waxcaps nearby. They were all developing Hygrocybe austropratensis.

This area also has a lot of interesting, and mostly very small corals.

Clavulinopsis fuciformis

Clavulinopsis sp.

Ramariopsis simplex

Ramariopsis sp.

Ramariopsis crocea

Ramariopsis sp.

And there are a lot of Corybas Orchids.

I then continued upstream. Here is some of the fungi I found –

Ramaria filicicola

Rickenella fibula

At one spot along the track I was on the lookout for a spine fungus – Hydnellum fraudulentum. I have seen it growing in the one spot each season for the past few years, but I had not conclusively seen it this year. When I a arrived at the spot, I soon found some spine fungus, and I would think it is Hydnellum sp. But whether it is Hydnellum fraudulentum I am not sure. That species has a distinct blue tinge, especially when fresh.