I headed back up to Macquarie Park to again check a certain location in Lane Cove National Park for the rare Parrot Waxcaps. There had been some rain recently and I hoped there would be some fresh ones.
Here are some of the fungi I found –
Cuphophyllus austropratensis
Ramariopsis sp. Continue reading
I travelled up to Blackheath to attend the field study of the Sydney Fungal Studies Group at Coachwood Glen.
We did not find a huge abundance of fungi, but with some careful looking we did find quite a few interesting species. Continue reading
This was another visit to Wolli Creek Regional Park to see how the fungi was going. I started from near Earlwood and went upstream to Paperbark Creek to check out one particular spot, and after not finding any fungi, I turned around and walked downstream. I walked all the way down to Tempe on this visit.
Here are photos of some of the fungi I saw – Continue reading
Bob had been researching the Aboriginal sites to be found on Balls Head, and I was keen to join him on a visit to see them. We were joined by Nipper, Airdrie and Doug.
Balls Head is a place I have visited many times over the years, and was once a favourite place where I did time lapse storm photography. But I had not seen much Aboriginal art site there except the well now whale engraving near the Coal Loader. Continue reading
I joined Valerie and Sue for a nice visit to Oatley Park. We first visited the wetlands Lime Kiln Bay and then headed around the loop track. We were mainly looking for birds.
Here are some I photographed – Continue reading
An early start is needed to participate in the Mudlarks bird survey along the Cooks River. But the early start can be worthwhile in order to see the Cooks River in a different light – on cold morning, when the sun first hits the water. It can be very beautiful.
The Cooks River was very still. Continue reading
Perhaps due to my lack of success in finding any Parrot Waxcaps at a certain location in Lane Cove National Park the day before, I decided to head up to Springwood and visit Birdwood Gully again, where I had seen them recently.
Birdwood Gully is one of three locations I have seen this Parrot Waxcap mushroom. I think it belongs to the Gliophorus psittacinus group. It seems to be very rare in Australia. But it is also small and very hard to spot, so perhaps it’s more abundant than we think, but easily overlooked? Continue reading
In the afternoon, after the Tempe Bird Survey, I headed up to Macquarie Park to a spot in Lane Cove National Park to look to see if any more Parrot Waxcaps (Gliophorus psittacinus group) had emerged. Sadly, I could not spot any on this visit, but I did find some other nice fungi.
Here is some of the fungi I found. Continue reading
In the morning, I joined the Tempe Birdos for this monthly survey. This month I was in the group surveying Tempe Wetlands. It was a cold morning and relatively quiet.
Here are some of the birds we saw – Continue reading
I headed up to Chatswood with the intention of visiting two areas – Ferndale Park and Blue Gum Reserve. Both are bushland remnants that lie in tributaries of the Land Cove River. I was looking for interesting fungi to photograph.
I did not find that much fungi out, and I had to look carefully for what I did find. Here are some photos – Continue reading
