With an improvement in the fungi at Wolli Creek, I thought it may be worth seeing how the fungi was going at Ferndale Park. It has a better rainforest environment – and retains moisture for longer. But the area near the creekbed (Swaines Creek) has been scoured out – so no fungi there at present.
On this visit, I did find the fungi much better than my previous visit a week earlier. A lot of the fungi I found was growing on wood. And it was pleasing to see some colourful coral fungi appearing. This is often a good sign that waxcaps will appear soon in hopefully good numbers.
Here is some fungi that I found on my visit –
Boletellus emodensis
This was the only waxcap I saw. There were two Humidicutis sp. close together. This is the better of the two –
There was a lot of Armillaria sp. growing – on living trees and off buried roots –
There was also a lot of this growing on logs. Perhaps Mycena sp. or Trogia sp.? The species does have complex gill interconnections. It has decurrent gills, but is not funnel shaped.
Clavulinopsis amoena
Russula rosea
Cruentomycena viscidocruenta
Like on my previous visit. I found a number of fresh Cortinarius sp. out. They have a pale blue stipe and a brown cap (with a purple tinge).
More coral fungi –
Clavulinopsis amoena
More Armillaria sp.
Amanita sp.
Another of the Cortinarius sp. Note the purple tinge in the cap.
Chrysomphalina aurantiaca
Clavulinopsis fusiformis
Very small growing on a stick – Hymenotorrendiella eucalypti –
Another species in abundance, growing on wood – Hypholoma sp. –
Coral fungus
Hypholoma sp.
Entoloma sp.
Omphalotus nidiformis
Cyptotrama asprata
I am not sure what these are, growing on roots. Perhaps Gerronema sp. –
One of several Lactarius eucalypti –
More of the Mycena sp. or Trogia sp –
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
And some more coral fungi. They were all quite small –
Hypholoma sp.
