Ferndale Park Fungi – 30 May 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dave Noble

I was back doing Fungi photography trips. On this day, I visited two venues – Ferndale Park at Chatswood in the morning, then later went to Wolli Ck Regional Park.

Ferndale Park was quite good with a fair bit out.

Humidicutis sp.

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The Old Kerosene Shale Works at Hartley Vale – 29 May 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dave Noble

In 2017, I had been on a walk out along the old shale railway from the Darling Causeway to their end of the ridge, where a single rope incline railway operated. But on that rip, we had not been down the incline to the old mining ruins. They seemed very interesting and well worth visiting.  Important industrial heritage.  But I had assumed the were on private land. This turned out to be only partly true. The incline and old mines are mainly on crown land.  But the first part of the walk out from the Dar sling Causeway passes through private land, and there are important industrial ruins on private land in the valley.

This time, thanks to an old friend, Tom Williams, permission from the landholders had been obtained. Tom also joined Bob and myself on the visit.

Bob and myself met Tom at the top of the Hartley Vale Road, where it meets The Darling Causeway. And we then set off along the old railway formation. Continue reading →

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Birds at the Cook River and Barton Park – 28 May 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dave Noble

I had been too many fungi trips recently, and neglected the local birds, so this morning I set off along the Cooks River from Illawarra Road to see what birds were about. I then walked as far as the Princes Highway and caught a bus down to Barton Park. The day turned out to be relatively quiet.

First, on the Cooks River. Continue reading →

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Fungi in Wolli Creek Regional Park – 27 May 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dave Noble

I decided on a short trip to Wolli Creek Regional Park to get an update on the fungi after recent rain.

I found a reasonable amount of fungi out. Here is a selection of photos – Continue reading →

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Fungi in Lane Cove National Park and Blue Gum Reserve – 26 May 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dave Noble

The next in my series of fungi photography trips was a walk from Macquarie Park Station to Chatswood Station via the Lane Cove River and then the track though Blue Gum Reserve.

Here is some of the fungi I found.

Lane Cove National Park

Hydnellum sp.

Cuphophyllus austropratensis Continue reading →

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Fungi at Birdwood Gully – 25 May 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dave Noble

After recent rain, I did a series of fungi photography trips. This one was to Birdwood Gully at Springwood. I found a fair bit of fungi out, but perhaps now as much as I had been expecting.

Here is some that I found – Continue reading →

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Fungi at Ferndale Park – 24 May 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dave Noble

The Sydney Fungal Studies Group were holding a field study at Ferndale Park at Chatswood, which I was coordinating. After a week of rain, the weather on the Saturday was fine and sunny. There was a fair amount of fungi out, and we had an enthusiastic group of participants on the day.

Here is some of the fungi we found – Continue reading →

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Blue Mountains Waterfall Walk – 22 May 2025

Posted on May 23, 2025 by Dave Noble

Bob and myself usually go for a bushwalk on Thursdays, and on this Thursday the forecast was not the best – rain. And a lot of it. We thought of canceling, but also thought that it could be a good opportunity to see some big waterfalls. The lure of big waterfalls won, so we headed up the mountains.

It turned out to be a very worthwhile trip. It was worth getting wet and cold in order to see some very powerful waterfalls.

On the way up the mountains, we stopped to take advantage of wet rock platforms to look for an Aboriginal engraving site we had heard about. It was quite good. Continue reading →

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More Wolli Creek Fungi – 21 May 2025

Posted on May 23, 2025 by Dave Noble

I had originally placed to visit Birdwood Gully at Springwood – for a fungi photography trip. But the rail system had failed then day before due to power supply issues which were still not fixed. So instead, I did a local trip accessible by bus. This was another visit to Wolli Creek Regional Park.

On the previous visit, I had spotted some of the light blue Entoloma virescens group. But that had been down near Nanny Goat Hill. This visit, I spotted a single one close to Girrahween Park.

Here are some more of there fungi I found – Continue reading →

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Looking For Rare Waxcaps – Lane Cove Valley – 20 May 2025

Posted on May 23, 2025 by Dave Noble

After recent good falls of rain, and cool weather, I thought it may be worthwhile reading up to a certain place in Land Cove National Park to see if any Parrot Waxcaps were out.

They were out. After some careful looking, I spotted six fruiting bodies. All were quiet small. The largest being around 2 cm tall. They are very hard to spot – being in a gloomy spot, small in size, and often camouflaged by moss and other vegetation. These are what I believe are members of the Gliophorus psittacinus species group. Continue reading →

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