I was attending a meeting at Audley, near the National Parks Office in the late afternoon, so, to fill in the day, I caught a train to Loftus, and walked into the Royal National Park, via the road that follows the railway line, then to the NPWS Office, then down the Honeymoon Track to Audley. I then intend to walk upstream seeing what birds were about.
Walking down the Honeymoon Track I saw a number of birds. Continue reading
This was another quick visit to Wolli Creek Regional Park to check if any new fungi was present.
I first went upstream to near Paperpark Creek to a spot where I have previously seen waxcaps. I had been hoping that with all the good rain we have been having recently that they may be appearing again. But no sign of the ones I had been waiting for. Continue reading
I decided on a visit to the Lane Cove River to document how the Parrot Waxcaps were going.
I walked down to where they are, and soon located one of the ones I had seen on my previous visit six days before. It was the only one of them still intact. The others had either fallen to bits or fallen over. Here it is, and it is looking a bit dry. Continue reading
This was an interesting walk in Royal National Park, along the Mowlee Ridge, following the Little Marley Firetrail from the Bundeena Road to Little Marley. It was a ridge I have not visited before (except for the bottom section on loop walks from Wattamolla). Once again, the walk was led by Brian Everingham for the National Parks Association of NSW.
In the party was Brian, Terry, Elaine, Sue, Judy, Joan and myself. It was the wrong time of the year to look for orchids in this habitat, so I was on the lookout for birds. Continue reading
I entered the Reserve via the track at tree end of Greville St, and when I reached the main track, I first explored downstream. I soon found some very nice fungi.
Not far down the track, I found a cluster of Cantharellus cinnabarinus – Continue reading
On this trip, I visited Ferndale Park at Chatswood in the morning, then after lunch I visited nearby Blue Gum Reserve. I am putting the photos into two posts.
Ferndale Park was quite good. Continue reading
I joined the Sydney Fungal Studies Group Inc for their survey at the Waterfall Reserve at Mt Wilson. Conditions were surprisingly fairly dry. it looks like the coast has had most of the recent rain. But we did find a good range of interesting fungi.
Here is a selection of what we observed – Continue reading
This was another brief visit to see if there had been new fungi emerging from the leaf litter in Wolli Creek Regional Park. The answer was no.
Upstream of Paperbark Creek there was very little fungi. I did find a few red waxcaps. Hygrocybe sp. –
In the burnt area near Girrahween Park, one abundant species is Descolea recedens – Continue reading
I spent a full day, accompanied by Sue, visiting Sassafras Gully at Springwood. We first walked along the track going down Fairy Dell and Magdala Creek. Then up Glenbrook Creek to The Lagoon. And after lunch we walked up the Sassafras Gully track to Sassafras Gully Road.
We found a good range of fungi and orchids. In particular, the orchids were fantastic along the upper section of Magdala Creek. Continue reading
I made another visit to check the status of the Parrot Waxcaps near the Lane Cove River.
I found about 5 of them, The one above is fresh. Note the insect on the stipe. is it resenting there or is it stuck on due to the glutinous surface?
Some of the older ones I had seen on the previous visit were still in good condition. Continue reading
