Our resident fungi expert Liz Kabanoff has spotted quite a few examples of beautiful fungi coming up at Else Mitchell this month.
Gymnopilus junonius was seen growing in clusters on buried wood.
Gymnopilus junonius
Gymnopilus junonius two days later
Russulas are ectomycorrhizal fungi. They are a food source for native slugs and snails. Russula viridis, the green russula, was a bit dried out when observed. All were growing in soil under Allocasuarina.
Russula lenkunya
Russula lenkunya gills
Oudemansiella gigaspora, a tall, elegant mushroom with a brown cap that is slimy when wet, was growing in soil but apparently attached to underground wood. Six specimens observed.
Strobilomyces is a genus of bolete mushrooms (mushrooms with pores on the undersurface, rather than gills). Boletellus and Strobilomyces are both boletes (spongy porous undersurface).
Strobilomyces cap 
Strobilomyces gills 
Strobilomyces pores 
Boletellus deceptivus
Amanita xanthocephala forms ectomycorrhizal relationships with Eucalyptus. The specimens pictured were growing under Eucalyptus deani. 5 specimens were found. Amanita punctata was growing in soil in the woodland area among native grasses, Eucalyptus deani, Angophora, Allocasuarina. Three specimens were found.
Amanita xanthocephala 
Amanita punctata gills 
Amanita punctata cap
Coral fungus, greyish-brown, was seen growing under Angophora costata and Allocasuarina torulosa.
Coral 
Coral 
Coral group
The bioluminescent ghost fungus Omphalotus nidiformis, was observed growing on a tree stump.
