SPORTSMAN CREEK CONSERVATION AREA

Found fruiting in Open Eucalypt woodland on the Conservation Area. This toadstool was introduced as a mycorrhizal partner for pine plantations and is one of the Boletes species which are soft-fleshed toadstools with pores rather than gills.

A Coralloid clump is the fruiting body for this species of fungi. They are generally associated in a mycorrhizal  relationship with eucalyptus trees and grow in tufts amongst  forest litter. Found in the riparian zone of  the Conservation Area. Possibly Clavulina cristata or Ramariopsis kunzei . I.D. courtesy of Nigel Fechner.

Reference:  Young A. M.  Field Guide to the Fungi of Australia.

Image taken in riparian zone along Sportsman Creek wildlife refuge. “Pear shaped, light brown, granular coated ball. These fruiting bodies are densely covered with tiny spines and form on rotting timber in rainforests and eucalypt forests and is one of two Australian puffball species”.

Reference;   Young, A.M.   A Field Guide to the Fungi of Australia.

“Psathyrella species are always associated with buried, rotting wood and usually grow in small dense clusters. Thay are usually cinnamon-brown to yellowish-brown , dry, shaggy-fibrillose with numerous attatched fragments of the veil”.

Reference and further reading;  Young, A.M.    A Field Guide to the Fungi of Australia.

I.D. courtesy of Don Gover.

A small apricot coloured fungi found growing along the riparian zone at Sportsman Creek wildlife refuge. This loose grouping of  Orders have wrinkle-like gills on their undersurfaces. A favourite habitat is mixed casuarina/eucalypt forest where this image was taken.

Reference and further reading;  Young, A.M.  A Field Guide to the Fungi of Australia.

I.D. courtesy of Don Gover.

The Ramaria species usually grow in dense collaroid form, some resemble “cauliflower” shapes. They are known to grow on soils amongst forest litter and it is probable they form mycorrhizal relationships with eucalypts.

Reference and further reading;  Young, A.M.   A Field Guide to the Fungi of Australia.  P,91-93.

An as yet, unidentified (500mm) fungi found growing under Flooded Gum (Eucalyptus grandis) on the Island at Sportsman Creek wildlife refuge. Compare the size with camera case alongside.

Found fruiting in riparian zone at Sportsman Creek wildlife refuge.” Chestnut cap and stem, with adnate gills. Milky white sap when cap damaged”. This species forms mycorrhizal relationships with eucalyptus. Distribution unknown.

I.D. Courtesy of Don Gover.

Relatively common fan-shaped fungi found growing on Red Ash in the riparian zone. This species is a “dangerous parasite of trees and can be a major fungal pathogen in rainforest areas. Brackets can last for several years”.

I.D. courtesy of  Don Gover.    Sydney Fungal Society .

Further reading  Young, A.M. Field Guide to the Fungi of Australia. P 73-74.

A reasonably common fungi, but often overlooked in eucalypt woodland. These fungi have a strong pleasant smell, reminiscent of wattle blossom.

I.D. courtesy of Don Gover.

Reference;  Young, A.M.    Field Guide to the Fungi of Australia.