Two more visits to Wolli Ck. The Sydney Fungal Studies Group Inc had a field activity on 11 July at Wolli Creek and I thought since the area is close to where I live that I would visit it the day before to see how the fungi was going – and make sure some was still out, and also I could take my time taking photos.
Hygrocybe collucera
The fungi was quite good, despite not very much rain falling in recent days.
Hygrocybe chromolimonea
The new fungi hotspot, near the old quarry was still very good – with lots of colourful hygrocybes out.
Hygrocybe collucera
Hygrocybe graminicolor
Hygrocybe anomola var anomola
Hygrocybe aurantiopallens
Hygrocybe collucera
The first bit of the track, on the other side of Turrella Reserve was also quite good.
Hygrocybe batesii
Hygrocybe chromolimonea
Hygrocybe graminicolor
The highlight was the finding of more specimens of a a new species of waxcap – probably a humidicutis. It had first been seen in 2013, bit no more of it had been seen until the SFSG visit on 11 July 2015. It seems to be multicoloured with light green gills, a yellowy – green stipe and a yellow- light brown cap. Update (January 2016) – Elma Kearney, from SFSG, has done some followup work and it looks like this is Humidicutis viridimagentea (first found in Western Australia)
Humidicutis viridimagentea
More photos are online together with my attempts at identification – 10 July here and 11 July here.