We are in for some wild weather for several days so further fungi exploration will be on hold. I'm not keen on crawling round eucalypts when there's anything more than a breeze because of their propensity to drop large parts of themselves! :-)
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No.1. This appears to be another example of No. 1 from my previous entry. The cap width was 1cm and stalk about 2cm. It is a pretty little fungus.
No. 2 is Marasmius crinisequi or the Horsehair fungus.
No. 3. I don't know what this one is, but Denis' little mates are having a field day!! It's growing in recycled paper pet litter round my tank. I'm glad I experimented with this litter because fungi seem to love it!
No. 4 might be Lepiota or Macrolepiota species which is well past its 'use by'! It was growing in open woodland with a few others.
The Unidentified
No. 5 was growing in the same location as No. 4
No. 6 was growing on a log in a deep erosion in the same location as 4 and 5.
No. 7. I haven't had an opportunity to check this one yet.
No. 9. Cap about 1cm diameter and growing under Acacia melanoxylon
No. 10. I'm not sure about this one. It might be something that has split but I thought it interesting enough for a photograph.
No. 11. This is an interesting gilled fungus growing in my woodpile. Not sure what the timber is that it's on. The gills are white. I might try for a spore print of this one at another time.
No. 12. Again, I haven't had an opportunity to check this. It will be a reasonably common one, I suspect.
No. 13. A robust fungus. The cap was around 2.5 - 3cm wide.
3 comments:
Hi JL
Got confused with the numbers, but the little red things appear to me to be seeds trying to germinate.
Some plants send down roots first, then a shoot will appear. I suspect the thing you thought was a stem, might in fact be the root. Hard to tell from an image, but that's my guess.
The one you thought might be split - the black one - looks to me like a type of "ear fungus" - in the "Jelly Fungi" group.
Thanks Denis,
Gee, that would be hilarious if the little red things are seed, but you've given me food for thought! I'll see if I can find them again. I only located one small group.
I've been unable to find the black one anywhere. I've got another shot of it as it matured.
Denis, I've just checked Auricularia species (Ear) again. There is similarity but mine was gilled whereas I don't think the Ear Fungi are.
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