I attended the field study of the Sydney Fungal Studies Group at Bola Creek in Royal National Park. Over twenty people attended and this included members of the group, visitors and also members of the Friends of Royal National Park.
In the lead up, there had been a lot of rain, and Bola Creek itself was quite high – so we did not attempt to cross over to the other side along the track, a place where we often find very good fungi. But despite this, we still managed to find a good amount of fungi on the day. Here is a selection of what we found –
Hymenopellis gigaspora and caterpillar
Clavulina cinerea
Caterpillar infected with a cordyceps like fungus –
Cuphophyllus austropratensis
Hygrocybe astatogala
Hygrocybe sp.
Ramaria sp.
Clavulinopsis amoena and Corybas orchid
Hygrocybe sp. and Geoglossum sp.
Hygrocybe sp.
Hygrocybe rodwayi
Clavulinopsis fusiformis
Hygrocybe rodwayi and Hygrocybe sp.
Hygrophorus involutus
Clavaria fragilis
Plectania campylospora
Porpolomopsis lewelliniae
Hygrocybe leucogloea
Cuphophyllus austropratensis
Hygrocybe sp.
Microglossum viride
Cuphophyllus aurantiopallens
Hygrocybe lilaceolamellata
Phaeohelotium geogenum
Mycena sp.
Phaeohelotium geogenum
Panellus luxfilamentus
Lachnum sp.
Perhaps Clavaria pusio
Rhodocollybia eucalyptorum
Amanita sp.
Unknown Polypore –
Mycena sp.
Bola Creek –
Soem of the group –
Lyrebird
Sterium ostrea
Mycena cystidiosa
A small “Mycena Garden” on top of a post –
Many thanks to all that came along and helped with spotting fungi. This included members of the Sydney Fungal Studies Group Inc, visitors and seven members of Friends of Royal National Park. Also thanks to Trevor and Kerry Millichamp for a lift down and back, and to Ray and Elma Kearney for arranging permission with NPWS for the survey to go ahead and to David Croft from The National Parks and Wildlife Service for granting this permission.