My usual weekly bushwalk or canyoning trip with Bob had been shifted to Friday, so that left Thursday free for an outing. I had been looking att he rainfall data for various places to see if a fungi trip would be worthwhile. A fair bit of rain and been recorded falling at Springwood, so I decided to visit Birdwood Gully.
Rain was forecast in the early afternoon, so I left home before 7 am hoping to get up there at an early hour. But the Blue Mountains trains were running awry, and it took longer than I had anticipated. But in the end – it turned out hot and sunny rather than rain while I was there. At least it was quite cool in the shade of there gully.
The fungi was quite reasonable.
A number of these hug boletes were growing near the start of the track. Phlebopus marginatus –
Tremella sp.
Austroboletus lacunosus
Inocephalus virescens
Cyptotrama asprata
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
Trogia sp.
Mycena sp.
Slime mould – Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa
Coral dung us growing on wood –
I am not sure what these are –
Slime mould –
Slime mould –
Omphalotus nidiformis
Boletellus emodensis
Cantherellus sp.
Boletellus obscurecoccineus
Jelly fungus
This was on top of a rock – perhaps a Slime mould?
I am not sure what these are –
Perhaps Strobilomyces sp.
Austroboletus lacunosus
Tremella sp.
Hygrocybe sp.
Lactarius eucalypti
Bolete
Slime mould – Lycogala epidendrum
I looked for birds in the afternoon, and being a hot day, a lot of the birds were quiet. I had see some Rufous Fantails earlier, but they never came close.
Golden Whistler
Eastern Whipbird
