I was keen to visit Sassafras Gully again, to check the fungi, and to see if any new ones were out. I did find some good specimens, but the wind had played havoc – dessicating many that I saw. I walked in via the Wiggins Track, walked down to the creek, and then along to the Lagoon at Glenbrook Creek, then I headed out via the track at Sassafras Gully Road. I came out fairly early and had time for a quick visit to Birdwood Gully – but there the fungi was very poor, and also no sight of the Powerful Owl I had spotted on my previous visit.
Here is some of the fungi I saw –
Hygrocybe sp.
Hygrocybe aurantiopallens
Hygrocybe sp.
Hygrocybe aurantiopallens
Hygrocybe sp.
Hygrocybe lilaceolamellata
Hygrocybe sp.
Hygrocybe astatogala
I think these are perhaps Hygrocybe iropus –
I moved a few leaves out of the way to reveal the beautiful stipe colours and also a second one.
I was very pleased to spot these. They were also nice and fresh, in a moist place, and protected by leaves from drying out.
Hygrocybe rodwayi
Clavaria pusio
Clavaria tenuipes
Hygrocybe reesiae
Humidicutis sp.
This one had dried out a fair bit, but I think it may have been one of the pink splitting cap waxcaps I have seen previously in Sassafras Gully.
Humidicutis sp.
This one looks very much like the Ferndale Park waxcap – the one that changes from green to pink if conditions are right.
Hygrocybe anomala var. anomala
Hygrocybe austropratensis
Gliophorus viridis
Ramariopsis pulchella
These are too dry, so Gliophorus sp. –
Aleuria aurantia
The Aleuria aurantia are quite robust – having been much the same over the past few visits.
In Birdwood Gully, I looked for various waxcaps I had seen on my previous visit – and those I spotted again were all shrivelled up.
I also looked for the Powerful Owl I had seen on my previous visit. This time I could not locate it – but did some more “whitewash” – dropping from the owl, indicating that is likely still in the area. I also spotted some hollows that may be used fro nesting.