I attended the Field Activity of the Sydney Fungal Studies Group Inc at Coachwood Glen in the Blue Mountains near Blackheath.
On the day, the weather was quite cold and windy. It was fairly sheltered in the glen – being part way in Megalong. Despite a fair bit of rain in Sydney in the lead up, not that much rain had fallen at Blackheath so we were uncertain how the fungi would be. It turned out to be reasonable – but not great compared to other visits. But we did find some interesting species.
A new visitor to the group, Bruce, spotted this very interesting jelly fungus growing on a log –
It is a species that does not appear in any of the local guidebooks. Searching online, it may be Dacrymyces cupularis a species that appears in New Zealand.
Another interesting species was a white fungus growing on the end of a log –
So far, no one in the group has been able to work out its identity (or even genus).
Coachwood Glen is one place that you can often find species like the beautiful blue Mycena interrupta and the aptly named “Dead Man’s Fingers”. We found both on this visit –
Coachwood Glen is also well known as a good place to observe waxcaps, but we did not find any waxcaps. Here are some of the other species we observed –
More photos, together with identifications are online here on my website .