Sassafras Creek Fungus

25 March 2012

I spent the pleasant afternoon walking along Sassafras Creek from Monbulk to Kallista with my main (and, as it turned out, only) target being fungi of various descriptions.

There wasn't a huge variety out yet (it is an early fungus season this year) but there was a lot of Orange Pore fungus Favolaschia calocera about. A native of Madagascar this is an exotic and invasive species that is probably displacing endemic species and possibly even disrupting the food chain here.

Also sighted were a couple of developing Coral-tooth Fungus fungus_Hericium_coralloides, one of my favourites.

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Name↑		Date	Size
fungus Antrodiella zonota SassafrasCrk120325-9917.jpg	i	25-Mar-2012 15:12	63 KB 640×720
fungus Favolaschia calocera SassafrasCrk120325-9887.jpg	i	25-Mar-2012 14:48	45.1 KB 800×608
fungus Favolaschia calocera SassafrasCrk120325-9896.jpg	i	25-Mar-2012 14:52	38.9 KB 640×480
fungus Favolaschia calocera SassafrasCrk120325-9906.jpg	i	25-Mar-2012 14:58	56.6 KB 768×560
fungus Hericium coralloides SassafrasCrk120325-9983.jpg	i	25-Mar-2012 16:32	130 KB 880×720
fungus Hericium coralloides SassafrasCrk120325-9989.jpg	i	25-Mar-2012 16:35	78 KB 720×480
fungus Hericium coralloides SassafrasCrk120325-9997.jpg	i	25-Mar-2012 16:36	121 KB 960×880
fungus Mycena viscidocruenta SassafrasCrk120325-0021.jpg	i	25-Mar-2012 16:46	50.1 KB 736×640
fungus SassafrasCrk120325-0053.jpg	i	25-Mar-2012 17:12	76.1 KB 800×640
fungus SassafrasCrk120325-9913.jpg	i	25-Mar-2012 15:03	57.9 KB 672×496
fungus SassafrasCrk120325-9929.jpg	i	25-Mar-2012 15:19	51.5 KB 720×720
fungus Steccherinum sp SassafrasCrk120325-9953.jpg	i	25-Mar-2012 15:42	96.1 KB 768×768