Just a few finds - nothing active

[poo]

Finds from the last week or two around Sydney & Blue Mtns... now to find some (of the right) actives...

Most were like this...

Never thought this:

Would turn into this:

Note to self... look behind you while hunting, then you won't spend 15 mins looking before seeing this:

[Undergrounder]

Great pics man, particularly love the weirdos!

The lattice ball one is a Ileodictyon gracile and that looks like a brand new Aseroe rubra growing below it..

i see many of the same mushrooms around here as well. I've got a folder of all the mushrooms i've photographed this autumn/winter, ill post it up when the season is over.

[Hyphal]

Very nice pics man!!

[DreamingNagual]

Beautiful Pics there poo, I like the look of that "lattice ball" Very strange indeed.

Most of the amanitas in my area are looking pretty old and blackened like that now too.

Happy Hunting.

[Legba]

That's the problem with observing nature, it takes you away. Great post poo.

I'm pretty sure the last one is Aquipharcus porcinnoi. Anyone wanna name the rest?

[poo]

Yeah the lattice ball took me by surprise too - and there were so damn many of them (and the puff balls - the star looking thing). An insane number of stinkhorns too - many of them were huge, with totally intact inner membranes (kinda look like carbon fibre hex crumple zones). This is the first time I've seen a stinkhorn at such an early stage though - could never understand where the 'brown/grey stinky moisture came from until I saw a few like this.

In regards to the black mushie, I would love an ID. At first I assumed it was an old dying something, but on closer inspection it seemed to be reasonably fresh; perhaps a day or two old at most. I have never seen a black mushroom quite like this before!

I have to be honest that I am a little disappointed that I haven't found subs... my travels have been varied and specific to the characteristics of the genus (thanks very much to this site and the regular members who are always helpful). That said, what I have found has amazed me on many occasions. I look forward to becoming experienced in mycology... many years from now.

Thanks for the comments guys - really thought many of you would enjoy one or two of these images - expect to see a few more!

[poo]

I've got a folder of all the mushrooms i've photographed this autumn/winter, ill post it up when the season is over.

Would love to see that folder. I have been (slowly) doing the same thing. The more mushrooms I find, particularly in the greater Sydney area, the more I seem to be able to understand the council that is looking after that area. In my case (like many of us), I'm looking in woodchipped areas, which are obviously maintained by specific councils. Very interesting observing the repetition of mushrooms in particular council districts, and how they fade out and change into other species. I would love to know more about where each council gets its chips from - my best guess so far is that they primarily come from green waste within the same district... which would explain why certain mushrooms are so very prevalent in some areas (if my guess is right )

Edited June 6, 2008 by poo

[Undergrounder]

I'm pretty sure the last one is Aquipharcus porcinnoi. Anyone wanna name the rest?

I'm about to crash into bed so don't have time to check an ID book but the first one looks a bit like a Mycena, the brown ones above "Never though this" looks like a Hyphaloma fasciculare, 'lattice ball' is Ileodictyon gracile, tentacle one is probably a young Aseroe rubra, more Hyphalomas, then a few pics of Stropharia aurantiaca, black one i do think is something that's old and burnt, then a Gestrum triplex (unless it's the other type), don't know what the white powdery one is, then another Stropharia aurantiaca (note the white 'dots' - remants of the partial veil evident in many Stropharias). Don't know what the little brown one is and the last one... what's a 'Aquipharcus porcinnoi'? i never heard of it, but going by the white dots again around the edge of the cap i'd stab at another Stropharia aurantiaca.

[Legba]

what's a 'Aquipharcus porcinnoi'?

It's pronounced ak-we-fark-us porceen-no-eye

[poo]

Thanks Undergrounder (once again... ) for your quick ID. the 'little brown one' you mention was longer than my forearm and has a fuzzy suede like cap. I've never seen anything like it (and am still not quite convinced it is a mushroom). The white powdery one is a very old mushroom that has been covered in various moulds.

[MORG]

Great diversity there. Thanks for posting the pics.

I love that black-capped one. Never seen anything like it before.

[MindExpansion]

Man, some excellent photos there hey. So many really interesting mshrooms, amazing. Good work,

Peace,

Mind

[Birdman]

Awesome pics mate.The star puff ball thingy is called "Geastrum indicum".The tall one 14 down is the

weirdest mushy ive seen.Ive got a couple of good books on ozzy fungi and cant find anything that remotely

comes close..and the black one!! awesome finds,i like you have found everything but a lonesome sub

[Plantsoma]

From my experience in the Blue Mountains, i noticed when the Aminita's started drying up like in your photos, it is usually too dry for decent sub fruiting.

I'm surprised you didn't find any actives though, it has been a good year for rain in the mountains.

[Hyphal]

I think number 20 and 21 COULD possbily be Coprinus picaceus - Magpie fungus. But its only a guess.

Edited June 9, 2008 by Hyphalknot

[botanicalSEEKER]

Nice piccies, shows how divers the fungi kingdom is!

You left a nice footprint in the mush, pic 5.

[poo]

You left a nice footprint in the mush, pic 5.

Not me

I wondered for quite a while what it was too. It was a few minutes later when the ride on lawnmower from the golf course went past that I realised it was the tire tread.