Weird & Beautiful Fungi page 2

Rosmoyne bush, Perth July 29. One measured 3mm wide. These tiny bright orange fungi were growing in the fallen Sheoak nettles. There were hundreds of them.

Avon National Park July 31.
0.5cm-0.7cmw x 0.5cmh
There were 11 of these tiny fungi at the end of the Drummond walk. And the same one was seen at Kalamunda National Park, Perth on August 11.

Mt Dale Just out of Perth July 25. 1.8cmw x 0.5cmh. This is possibly a cup fungus or birds nest fungus. They disperse their spores by rain falling down into the cup which bounces out the spores to the ground nearby.

Bullcreek Park Perth July 29. 3cmw x 2.5cmh. This was a slimy fungus that had all these little insects stuck to it. I wonder if it is a carnivorous fungus? But it better hurry up as something has already taken a bite out of it! The nearest plants were Eucalypts and Wattles.

Web Veil or Curtain Fungi' Have been seen by the author of the book "A Field Guide To The Larger Fungi of the Darling Scarp and South West of Western Australia" by Kevin Griffiths. growing alongside the remains of a kangaroo. Others were found next to the remains of a sheep in late July. Other fungi of this group attack dead wood.

Yalgorup National Park, Peel, August 17. This cup fungus was 2.8cm wide. The outside was a lighter brown than the inside colour. There was no spores left inside.

Pink or salmon coral fungus. This is a smaller cousin to the bright yellow coral fungus. I have seen this at Perup forest July 12, Dryandra July 14, Avon National Park July 30, Black Boy picnic site in Harvey in July and Turat forest near Bussleton on August 15. This one was 3cmw x 5cm long and was next to smooth gums.

This woody looking fungi is quite common it was growing next to a yellow cup or birds nest fungus at the car park at Layman picnic site, Tuart forest, August 16.

Tuart forest, near Busselton, south-west, August 16. This clump of fungi was growing on the ground. They seemed to be fuzzy.

Tuart Forest, Busselton, August 16. 14cmw x 12cmwide. This fungus is probably a bolete as it has no gills. It was cream underneath and there was only one. It looks like a giant potato.

Tuart forest, near Busselton, August 16. There were hundreds of these cuties only in one patch of about 3metres square. They had dark brown gills and some were more yellow on top. They are probably Inkcaps. Each one was less than 2cm wide. I have also seen similar fungi at Willetton, Perth on September 16 where there were over 108 fungi.

Kalamunda National Park, Perth August 11. 8cmw x 4cmh. These low growing fungi felt like rubber. There were 16 of them.

Inkcaps Willetton, Perth suburbs, September 11. Here you can see the older Inkcaps open. They were at a variety of stages in fruiting.

This is at Willetton Park too on the same day. Here you can see the Inkcaps when they have completely dried out.

Bungendore Park, Albany Hwy, Peth, September 23. There was one fungus. Don't the gills look like pieces of cooked fish? Don't go eating this fungus though!

Warren National Park, Pemberton, south-west in July. This fungi was like wood.

This us under the fungi on the left.

This is the same woody fungi. The stalk was very tough.

Bungendore Park Perth in August. There were 10 of these growing in Jarrah and Marri leaf litter. One measured 3cmw x 4cmh.

Here is the underside of the same fungi on the left. Nearly the whole stalk was underground. As with so many fungi that I find the introduced millipedes were eating this fungi.

Ellis Brook Valley Reserve Perth. There were 8 of these fungi growing in a ditch. One measured 8cmw x 8cmh

Chevin Rd Roleystone Perth in August. I found two of these fungi growing in jarrah leaf litter. One measured 2.8cmw x 3.5cmh

The other one you can see here on the right.

Here is the unusual underside of the same fungi.