Four days earlier I had been on a trip down Birdwood Gully on the north side of Springwood and the fungi as well as the birdlife had been quite good. So I was keen to head back and this time visit Sassafras Gully on the south side.
Sassafras Gully is a much longer walk than Birdwood Gully and usually offers a lot more to see. This trip I started down Fairy Dell and Magdala Creek and walked to Glenbrook Creek and followed it upstream to the Lagoon, then walked out via the track to Sassafras Gully Road.
Magdala Creek – Fungi
Boletellus emodensis –
Entoloma sp.
I had previously recorded this striking blue species as Entoloma virescens, but thanks to Petra Gloyn, who pointed out on a Facebook post that modern DNA studies have shown that Entoloma virescens does not occur in Australia, and that this species is likely to be locality specific like the light blue Entoloma hochstetteri which is found in New Zealand.
Clavulinopsis sulcata –
Bolete – Strobilomyces sp.
Trumpet Fungi – Craterellus cornucopioides –
Bolete – Strobilomyces sp.
Russula sp. –
Clavulinopsis sulcata –
Boletellus emodensis –
And I also spotted one species of Orchid – Bonnet Orchid – Cryptostylis erecta –
Glenbrook Creek –
Along this section, I spotted two slime moulds.
Dogs Vomit Slime Mould – Fuligo septica
Slime Mould –
And here is a White-browed Scrubwren –
Sassafras Gully
Boletellus sp.
Hygrocybe miniata –
Entoloma sp.
This one was growing on a dirt bank –
Clavulinopsis sulcata –
Microglossum viride –
Clavaria zollingeri –
Slime Mould – Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa –
Hygrocybe miniata –
Cyptotrama asprata –
Austroboletus sp. –
Strobilomyces sp. –
Perhaps Clavaria aff. falcata –
I have seen this species before. It has pores and is quite small. Growing on a dirt bank. –
Entoloma sp. –
Cyptotrama asprata –
Discinella terrestris –
Ramaria zippelii –
Slime Mould –
Growing on a dirt bank –
Growing on a rotten log. Perhaps Hygrocybe sp. –
And a few birdsong this section.
Scarlet Honeyeaters
Rufous Fantail
So a very good day out. Thanks to Roy Calling, Petra Gloyn and Genevieve Gates for help with the fungi id’s.