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This is a Lattice or Basket fungus from the Gasteromycetes family.  It was photographed at BlackBoy picnic site in Harvey on July 10.  It was raining the day I found it.

This is a close up of the same fungus.  This fungus produces spores.

This photograph was taken at BlackBoy picnic site in Harvey on July 10.  What is poisonous to us is not always poisonous to some animals.

 

These fungi were seen on Donovian Rd at Leeuwin National Park in July.

These are the gills to the fungi on the left.

This fungi was seen on Donovian Rd at Leeuwin National Park in July.

 

This fungi was seen on Donovian Rd at Leeuwin National Park in July.

 

This fungi was seen on Donovian Rd at Leeuwin National Park in July.  It is a Parasol fungi.

This fungi was seen on Donovian Rd at Leeuwin National Park in July.

 

This fungi was seen on Donovian Rd at Leeuwin National Park in July.

This is a closeup of the cup fungi on the left.

This fungi was seen on Donovian Rd at Leeuwin National Park in July.

This fungi was seen on Donovian Rd at Leeuwin National Park in July.  They are possibly Earth Tongues from the Ascomycetes family

 

Because these are on rotting wood and not feeding from a pupa of an insect they are probably Flask fungi

 

This huge jelly fungus was seen at Boranup Rd in Leeuwin National Park in July.

This is a closeup of the jelly fungus on the left.  I have also seen this fungus at Dryandra woodlands in the wheatbelt, Bibra Lake Perth and at Kalamunda National Park in the hills of Perth

This one was also seen in the Leeuwin National Park in July.

 These small cup fungi are no more than 1.5cmwide.

We have shown you a bolete before but here you can see the blue spot on the right hand side.  This is how it 'bruised' when I turned it over.  This was photographed at Dryandra Woodlands in July.

 

These fungi are probably from the Ascomycetes family and are possibly the Flask fungi and were photographed at Jandakot in Perth in June.

 

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A field Guide to the Larger Fungi of the Darling Scarp and South West of Western Australia by Kevin Griffiths

 

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