Back to Birdwood Gully – Fungi and More – 27 May 2022

After an amazing trip to Sassafras Gully a few days earlier, I was keen to head back to Springwood and check out the gully on the north side. This was another very good outing.

The train was late getting to Springwood due to a freight train problem at Faulconbridge. Despite a late start, I was fortunate to spot some very unusual fungi.

Hygrocybe batesii

Porpolomopsis lewelliniae

I am not sure about this one –

This is perhaps Hygrocybe helicoides –

Ramariopsis kunzei

Trichoglossum hirsutum

Gliophorus sp.

Hygrocybe aurantiopallens

Porpolomopsis lewelliniae

Hygrocybe sp.

Clavulinopsis corallinorosacea

Mycena sp.

Pseudohydnum gelatinosum

Cortinarius rotundisporus

Armillaria sp.

Hygrocybe batesii

The next ones are most interesting. I originally spotted the black Earth Tongue. Then I saw the very viscid mushrooms under it. I think they are Gliophorus psittacinus.

Gliophorus psittacinus is known as the “Parrot Waxcap” because of its multi-colours. It can change colour in response to exposure to light and possibly other factors. The one below is almost all orange.

The one below is all green.

The cluster under the Earth Tongue are more multicoloured.

Later in the day, I went back to that spot and spotted some more. See below. I have found, what I believe to be Gliophorus psittacinus in only one spot before, and that is a very small location on the Lane Cove River. It is one species that tends to appear in the same spot from season to season. So now I know where to look, I hope to see it in Birdwood Gully again in the future.

Hygrocybe sp.

Hygrocybe anomala var. ianthinomarginata

Hygrocybe miniata

Hygrocybe batesii

Mycena sp.

Hypholoma sp.

Pseudohydnum gelatinosum

I found this nice Slime Mould on some leaves –

Clavulina sp.

I am not sure what this one is –

Hygrocybe sp.

Entoloma sp.

Mycena sp.

Here are more of the ones I think are Gliophorus psittacinus. I later went back to the same spot when the light improved and spotted another single one and another cluster of small ones.