Wolli Creek Fungi – 13 May 2022

It had been a while since I had visited Wolli Creek – the nearest bushland to where I live. So I decided to do an afternoon walk from Bexley North down the creek along the Two Valleys Track. I was on the lookout for birds and fungi. The birds were pretty poor all the way along – perhaps because it been raining a lot recently. At first the fungi was also poor, but it got a lot better as I headed downstream.

Here is some fungi in the upper section of the creek –

Jelly Fungus – Tremella sp.

Bracket Fungi –

In Girrahween Park, in the grass I saw this Amanita xanthocephala –

And growing on the wood of one of the picnic tables was this Jelly Fungus – Heterotextus pezizformis –

I continued along the track. Here is some more fungi –

Cantherellus concinnus

I was damp enough forelegs to be out. Here is a Red Triangle Slug. I am not sure why it seems to have its guts exposed. You can easily make out is breathing hole in the triangle.