Birdwood Gully Fungi – 16 May 2024

I travelled up to Springwood by train with Valerie and Sue to look for fungi down Birdwood Gully. After a coffee stop, we headed down the track from Boland Avenue and were soon down in the rainforest. Would the fungi be as good as my last visit? We would see.

The fungi was probably not quite as abundant as my previous trip, but it was still very good. Here are some that we saw –

Hygrocybe sp.

Cuphophyllus aurantiopallens

Hygrocybe batesii

Porpolomopsis lewelliniae

Trichoglossum hirsutum

Hygrocybe batesii

Porpolomopsis lewelliniae

Hygrocybe batesii

Hygrocybe cantherellus

Cuphophyllus aurantiopallens

Ramariopsis kunzei

Hygrocybe aurantipes

Hygrocybe reesiae

Gliophorus viridis

Hygrocybe reesiae

Hygrocybe cantherellus

Clavulinopsis amoena

Gliophorus psittacinus group

Clavulina sp.

Hygrocybe batesii

Hygrocybe erythrocrenata

Clavulina sp.

Tylopilus aff. balloui

Perhaps Leratiomyces ceres

Hygrophorus involutus

Hygrocybe sp.

Gliophorus graminicolor

Hygrocybe anomala

Tremella fuciformis

Austropostia punctata

Hypholoma fasciculare

Clavulina sp.

Unknown –

We found this strange stuff spread over rocks and dirt. Neil (see comments below) suggested it may be a species of Chromelosporiopsis. So after looking at the photos and some references it may be Chromelosporiopsis carneum – which is the asexual stage of a Pezziza cup fungus.

Unknown –

Gliophorus graminicolor

Clavulinopsis amoena

Clavaria zollingeri

Gliophorus graminicolor

Ramaria sp.

Gliophorus graminicolor

We had a good day. Thanks to Valerie and Sue for helping with the spotting.

 

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2 Responses to Birdwood Gully Fungi – 16 May 2024

  1. Neil says:

    Great images as always. The “slime mould, fungal or something else” – perhaps a Chromelosporiopsis? It looks somewhat like this one – https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/187950568

    • Dave Noble says:

      Thanks – that is a very good suggestion. I looked at the original photos – zoomed right in, and it does seem to fit.

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