It was early for fungi to be out, but there had recently been quite good rain, so I headed up to Springwood. The forecast was for more rain – so I headed down the closer and shorter Birdwood Gully rather than Sassafras Gully.
There was not a huge amount of fungi out, but I did find some nice ones. And also I spotted some nice birds after lunch.
Here is some of the fungi –
There were quite a few Waxcaps out, but they all appeared to be the one species, Hygrocybe miniata. Here are some examples –
This one is an Entoloma sp.
Cruentomycena viscidocruenta –
Some Boletes –
Strobilomyces sp. –
Boletellus emodensus –
Boletellus sp. –
Cantherellus concinnus –
Sanguinoderma rude –
This one was very small – growing on a leaf –
This one is another mystery –
Mycena sp. –
There were a number of these very small mushrooms growing in a dark cave –
Clavulinopsis sulcata –
Macrotyphula juncea –
Clavaria sp. –
Ramaria ochracea –
Toothed Jelly – Pseudohydnum gelatinosum –
Bisporella citrina –
Xylaria sp. –
This crust fungus was growing on a dirt bank –
Slime Mould – Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa
After much rain was threatening, but I heard some birds singing nearby and decided to go looking for them. I spotted beautiful Rufous Fantail –
Some of the other birds –
Striated Thornbill –
Eastern Yellow Robin –
Eastern Spinebill –
And I found a few Bonnet Orchids, Crypotostylis erecta –
And, on my way out, I had a good look around for the Paddy Memorial. This was carved by Robert Scott as a memorial to his dog, Paddy, who died in 1917. It is one of three in Springwood. See this post for another example and a link to the history.
I had recently re-read the article about Robert Scott. The author, John Low, has compiled it along with many other Blue Mountains related historical essays into a book – Blue Mountains Byways.