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Stacey's Track Jarradale, Peel region in June. |
Stacey's Track Jarradale, Peel region in June. This fungus measured 10cm w x 5.5cm h. The main colour on top was a dark red and the nearest tree was a jarrah tree. |
Stacey's Track Jarradale, Peel region. The dominant trees here are Marri and Jarrah. This is a virgin bushland area. |
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Dryandra Woodlands, Wheatbelt in June. It measured 32cm w x 15cm h. The nearest tree was a Wandoo tree. You can see big bite marks out of this fungus. |
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Gleneagle Rest Area, Albany Hwy in May. The fungi on the left measured 5.8cm w x 10cm h. No gills. It is possibly Austroboletus |
This is the same fungi, you can see the interesting stalk it has. |
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This is the sheoak tree they were growing under. |
Gleneagle Rest Area, Albany Hwy in May. Maybe these fungi are the fully mature version of the fungi above. The stalks were similar and they were found at the same place approx 400m away. There were a lot of pine trees here. I have found this fungi under different trees throughout this State forest in June. |
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Boranup Leeuwin National Park, south-west, July. There were 2 fungi growing in leaves.
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Warren National Park, Pemberton, south-west in July. Also seen at Gleneagle State forest near a burnt out area in June. |
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Goomalling, wheatbelt in September. |
John Forest National Park, Perth in late June. There were 100's of these tiny fungi each measuring around 4mm w growing on a burnt log after a summer bush fire. Also seen at Gleneagle State forest in burnt ashes in June. |
Warren National Park, Pemberton, south-west, July. It was 3cm wide and the nearest tree was a Sheoak. |
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Warren National Park, Pemberton, south-west, July. This cup fungi measured 1.3cm wide. It was growing under a Sheoak tree. |
Warren National Park, Pemberton, south-west, July. This fungi measured 4cm w x 4.5cm h and there were 3 growing under a Sheoak tree. |
This is a cup fungi that sprang up in my back yard in July after having mulch delivered. One measured 6.3cm w x 2.5cm h. There were 7 in total. |
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Tuart forest, near Busselton, south-west in July. I don't know if this is a jelly fungi or some other organism. It was spongy and we only saw this one group. |
Warren National Park, Pemberton, south-west in July. There were two groups of this growing on long grass. It measured 19.5cmwide. |
This is a close-up of the photo on the left. It looked a bit like cauliflower. |
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Boranup, Leeuwin National Park, south-west, July. This earth star measured 6cm wide, there were 3 growing here. Don't you think they look like shortbread biscuits? |
This is another earth star emerging out of the ground at Boranup, Leeuwin National Park, south-west, July. |
Boranup, Leeuwin National Park, south-west, July. The spores are puffed out through the hole in the centre, there are no gills.
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Boranup, Leeuwin National Park, south-west, July. This is a hard woody fungus. |
Boranup, Leeuwin National Park, south-west, July. |
Warren National Park, Pemberton, south-west in July. This fungus appeared to be black. It hadn't opened yet and measured 2.5cmw x 8.5cmh |
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Boranup, Leeuwin National Park, south-west, July. There were 4 fungi growing on a log. One measured 3.5cm w x 5.5cm h, 12.5cm apart. They had yellow gills. |
Tuart forest near Busselton in July. |
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In darker lighting conditions we sometimes have to use a torch to photograph which can alter the colour of the fungi slightly. |
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Text "Fungimap" Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
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