Castra Falls is another place I have found great for fungi. The falls lie in a scenic reserve within a forest planation. There is a loop track that visits series of waterfalls. The track was constructed and is maintained by local volunteers. Many thanks to them for their great work.
This was another outing with my sister. The circuit is near the locality of Nietta between Ulverstone and Leven Canyon. We parked at the start of the track on Gaunts Road and soon made or way towards Silver Falls. This time we competed the circuit walk which ends a short way further along Gaunts Road. On previous visits we have been interrupted by rain. All the way along the track and in particular along the rainforest section below Silver Falls we found fantastic fungi.
Here is some of what we spotted. Again, I will start with the colourful waxcaps.
Hygrocybe aurantiopallens
Gliophorus graminicolor
Hygrocybe rodwayi
Hygrocybe firma
These ones look more like Hygrocybe collucera
Hygrocybe sp.
Hygrocybe anomala
Hygrocybe lilaceolamellata
Hygrocybe aurantipes
Hygrocybe astatogala
Hygrocybe pseudograminicolor
Porpolomopsis lewelliniae
Gliophorus chromolimoneus
And next some corals –
Artomyces sp.
I am not sure what this one is. It has flattened tips.
Clavaria fragillis
Clavulina cristata
Ramariopsis sp.
Clavulinopsis amoena
Clavulinopsis corallinorosacea
Clavulina tasmanica
Clavaria zollingeri
Some of the other fungi –
Hypholoma brunneum
Entoloma sp.
Mycena sp.
Mycena interrupta
Mycena sp.
Hypholoma fasiculare
Hypholoma sp.
Mycena sp.
Russula sp.
Psilocybe subaerugimosa
Grifola colensoi
Cantherellus concinnus
Russula lenkunya
Hydnellum sp.
Dacrymyces cf. stillatus
And lastly some of the Ascomycetes –
Cordyceps cranstounii
Drechmeria gunnii
Ophiocordyceps robertsii
Perhaps Phaeohelotium geogenum
Dead Man’s Fingers – Xylaria sp.
Geoglossum sp.
Bisporella citrina
Jelly Babies – Leotica lubrica
Geoglossum sp.
Lanzia lanaripes infected with a mould
