Leura Cascades to Katoomba Falls Walk - 25 March 2015

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Route - Leura - Olympian Rock, Leura Cascades, Leura Forest, Dardenelles Track, Federal Pass, Furber Stairs, Katoomba



Above - early morning - Mt Solitary and the Jamison Valley



From Olympian Rock Lookout



Above - Leura Cascades













Above - cascade below Bridal Veil Falls (so between the two large waterfalls that make up Leura Falls)







Above - Clavulinopsis sulcata - Flame Fungus



Above - Clavulinopsis sulcata - Flame Fungus



Above - near Marguerite Cascades - a nice spine fungus - Hericium coralloides. This was the same location that we found this species growing back in January. This patch looked a bit old, but there were much fresher ones.



Above - Hericium coralloides



Above - Hericium coralloides



Above - At Leura Forest - Tremella fuciformis



Above - Tremella fuciformis



Above - nearby on the end of a sawn log - I noticed these strange bugs. Probably a type of centipede?







Above - This bolete looks like it is infected by another fungus



Above - Artomyces austropiperatus



Above - Slime mould



Above - slime mould - probably the same species in two different stages of development?









Above - Fungi - probably Postia pelliculosa



Above - Postia pelliculosa



Above - Boletellus emodensis



Above - Porpolomopsis lewellinae



Above - Trichoglossum hirsutum



Above - Clavulinopsis sulcata



Above - cascade in Katoomba Ck



Above - Clavulinopsis amoena



Above - Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (slime mould)



Above - the cascade on the half way ledge between the two large waterfalls of Katoomba Falls





Above - Tiny cup fungi on a log - perhaps Lachnum sp? The cups were less than 1 mm in diameter.

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