Tag Archives: Chatswood

Fungi at The Lane Cove River and Ferndale Park – 9 July 2024

After the Mudlarks Bird Survey, I headed home and swapped cameras and lenses and headed to the Lane Cove River to check on the status of the Parrot Waxcaps again. After that, if there was time. I planned to pop … Continue reading

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Fungi near the Lane Cove River and Blue Gum Reserve – 2 July 2024

I visited two places on the day – first visiting a site near the Lane Cove River to check the status of the Gliophorus psittacinus group waxcaps. Then I headed to Blue Gum Reserve at Chatswood. First, the Parrot Waxcaps. … Continue reading

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Fungi at Blue Gum Reserve – 23 June 2024

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 … Continue reading

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Fungi at Ferndale Park – 23 June 2024

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.

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Ferndale Park Fungi – 16 June 2024

I visited two reserves on this day, Ferndale Park in the morning and then Blue Gum Reserve in the afternoon. Both are at Chatswood. I had recently been regularly visiting Ferndale Park, so this is an update to the fungi … Continue reading

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Fungi at Ferndale Park – 2 June 2024

During the afternoon and evening of the day before, a Saturday, around 100 mm of rain and fallen in Sydney. The Sunday forecast looked a lot better, so I set out for Ferndale Park to see how the fungi was … Continue reading

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Ferndale Park Fungi – 18 May 2024

I attended the field study of the Sydney Fungal Studies Group held at Ferndale Park at Chatswood. I was joined by 19 other keen fungi enthusiasts and we found a good diversity of interesting fungi. Here is some of the … Continue reading

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Ferndale Park Fungi – 5 May 2025

Another short trip, to look for fungi between squalls of rain. I was keen to head back up to Ferndale Park at Chatswood to look for fungi, but it was a bit difficult getting up there. There was a lot … Continue reading

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Fungi at Ferndale Park – 21 April 2024

With an improvement in the fungi at Wolli Creek, I thought it may be worth seeing how the fungi was going at Ferndale Park. It has a better rainforest environment – and retains moisture for longer. But the area near … Continue reading

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Fungi at Ferndale Park – 14 April 2024

I had seen a photo posted on Facebook of a green waxcap taken at Ferndale Park a few days before. I decided to make a visit to see if I could spot any. I travelled to Chatswood by bus, 2 … Continue reading

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