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This particular jelly fungus, most likely to be Exidia glandulosa, grows on rotting wood, and is one of a family of wood-rotting fungi. Images of the jelly in books tend to look darker than this example, and I may be wrong, but it's the closest I can see. Photo by Bill Leithhead, Sherbrooke Forest, Dandenong Ranges, June, 2003.
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Fistulina hepatica, the Beefsteak Fungus, so-called because of the meat-like interior, is widespread all over the world. It's not particularly edible. In Australia it grows in living and dead eucalypts, but appears not to harm the wood except for a blotched and speckled appearance which can be decorative in the timber. Photo by Bill Leithhead, Sherbrooke Forest, Dandenong Ranges, July, 2003.
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Fistulina hepatica, as described above; this is the same specimen. Growing all over Australia, this polypore fungus is notable because the pores underneath are all separate tubes, bright pink at first, brown upon ageing, going darker upon bruising. Photo by Bill Leithhead, Sherbrooke Forest, July, 2003.
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Lacrymaria asperospora (syn Psathyrella asperospora, syn Psilocybe asperospora), has a fibrillose cap and stem and weeping gills, hence the name Lacryma from Greek for 'tears'. This picture shows the caps stained from the black spore deposits. Often forms clusters on disturbed soil, near tracks and roads. Photo by Bill Leithhead, Mt Erica, Gippsland, May, 2003.
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Lacrymaria asperospora (syn Psathyrella asperospora, syn Psilocybe asperospora), photographed close to the above specimen. Photo by Bill Leithhead, Mt Erica, Gippsland, May, 2003.
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Lacrymaria asperospora (syn Psathyrella asperospora, syn Psilocybe asperospora), another group growing near to the above two examples. Photo by Bill Leithhead, Mt Erica, Gippsland, May, 2003.
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These tiny fungi-like growths were growing amongst the lichen and algae on an earth bank in a cutting in the Mt Erica region. A mycologist suggested it looks like the fruiting bodies of a lichen of the genus Baeomyces, but I have no further information. Photo by Bill Leithhead, Mt Erica, north of Moe, Gippsland, May, 2003.
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Possibly Pholiota malicola, this handsome clump was on the side of the roadside in the central Gippsland forests. Note the caps with a central dome (umbonate) and the colour zones as the heads dry out towards the margins (hygrophanous). Photo by Bill Leithhead, near Mt Erica, Gippsland, May, 2003.
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This specimen was growing on the gravel on the roadside in the Mt Erica region of Gippsland. Our foray group found it during the 2nd Fungimap Conference, but I can't identify it, and we left it in place. One expert thought it not to be Omphalotus nidiformis, which it resembles. I've included it because of the undulating, swirling caps. Photo by Bill Leithhead, Mt Erica, north of Moe, Gippsland, May, 2003.
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Resembling Paxillus infundibuliformis, with its funnel-shaped cap and decurrent gills, these unknown fungi were growing on my front lawn. The caps are about 25 mm wide, and the gills are thick, waxy, and slightly forked. Scanned directly in on the glass. Scanned by Bill Leithhead, Glen Waverley, Melbourne, May, 2003.
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Growing deep in the tree fern forest, this specimen is totally flat (resupinate) on the vertical surface of the wood. It may belong to the genus Stereum, but the latter are usually purplish in colour. I like the pristine white appearance with the droplets of water exuded from the fertile surface. Photo by Bill Leithhead, Bulga National Park, South Gippsland, Victoria, March, 2003.
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This lovely toasted-brown mushroom was growing in the grass. With yellow-brown spores and cortinarius-style fibrillose veil remnants, it was tentatively identified as Gymnopilus austrosapineus (or G. allantopus). Photo by Bill Leithhead, Police Paddocks Reserve, Endeavour Hills, Victoria, June, 2003.
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Gymnopilus junonius (syn G. pampeanus), is widespread on rotting or buried timber in Australia. This one has been appearing at various times of the year on soil covering the underground roots from removed trees in my front and back gardens for at least 12 years since their removal. They were Eucalyptus citriodora and Chinese Elm (Ulmus parvifolia). Photo by Bill Leithhead, at Glen Waverley, Victoria, June, 2003.
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Hericium coralloides or H. clathroides, found in damp forests on rotting wood. I'm on the lookout for a better example so I can attend to the depth of focus next time! Photo by Bill Leithhead, Bulga National Park, South Gippsland, March, 2003.
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Probably Heterotextus miltinis (or H. peziziformis), Yellow Jelly Bells, on rotting wood in the forests. They look like little orange sweets for the fairies and pixies. (Next time I'll use a tripod!) Photo by Bill Leithhead, Sherbrooke Forest, Dandenong Ranges, July, 2003.
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Hypholoma fasciculare (Sulphur Tuft), common on rotting wood in Australian forests, usually in clusters, and is found world-wide. It has characteristic greenish-yellow gills and stems, with a bitter taste. There is a related species (H. australe) in WA. Photo by Bill Leithhead, in Sherbrooke Forest, just east of Melbourne, July, 2003.
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Obviously a Mycena species, these grew daintily in the crack in a stump. Possibly Mycena pura, which is variable in colour. Interestingly, this may contain muscarine, the poison in the Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria). It was hard to resist, but next time I'll use a tripod and greater depth of field. Not bad for hand-held, all the same, don't you think? Photo by Bill Leithhead, Grant's Reserve, Sherbrooke Forest, July, 2003.
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This Paxillus infundibuliformis specimen (approx 6 cm cap) was growing in light forest near the TV towers on Mt Dandenong, Victoria. It is quite common, and the gills turn brown when bruised, as seen. (I put it on the scanner glass for the image.) Scanned by Bill Leithhead, Mt Dandenong, near Melbourne, May, 2003.
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Possibly a Pholiota species, these beautifully shiny caps clustered at the base of a eucalypt, almost like pies with egg-glazed pastry! They could also be Armillaria luteobubalina, a destructive fungus of living trees, but for the absence of a ring on the stem. I'll check it next season! Photo by Bill Leithhead, Grant's Reserve, Sherbrooke Forest, in the Dandenongs east of Melbourne, July, 2003.
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