Christmas Bells

Christmas Bells
Christmas Bells - Blandfordia nobilis
Showing posts with label Knights_Hill. Show all posts
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Wednesday, June 04, 2014

Knights Hill wet Eucalypt forest

I have posted a few photos from today, of Fungi and a few other "Bits and Pieces" found at my friend Rose's place.
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I would appreciate any assistance with ID on these fungi. peonyden (at) gmail (dot) com

That is a Facebook album, but it is accessible to all - no signing up for anything.

A good Goat.

Probably Gymnopilus junionis

Soft white fungus I cannot identify

Very fine gills of the soft white fungus (above)

medium sized brown fungi living on rotten branch

This gill shot (same fungus as above)
reveals interesting gill structure.
Incomplete gills, very dense near rim of cap,
partial as you move in,
and slight sign of ribbing on top of stem.

I would appreciate any assistance with ID on these fungi. peonyden (at) gmail (dot) com

Wednesday, August 08, 2012

Pterostylis hildae - the Rainforest Greenhood

This Greenhood (Pterostylis hildae) is unusual in that it likes to live in clearings in heavy wet Eucalypt forest and rainforest, halfway down Macquarie Pass. It is at the southern end of its range here. I have not found this species growing on top of the Robertson "plateau", but it is always possible that it might occur here, or a little further up than where I found it. For example, I would expect that it might be found around Vandenbergh Road, or on Knights Hill, or out at the top of the Jamberoo Pass (near the Barren Grounds, but not in the heathland there).

Pterostylis hildae

side view of Pterostylis hildae

Rear view of Pterostylis hildae

Note the slightly pointed "galea" (hood)
of Pterostylis hildae

Also the bronze colouration on the tip
of Pterostylis hildae
This colony of Pterostylis hildae has not flowered well, this season. It has been quite dry for the last two months. That would appear to have limited their flowering, this season, compared to last year, when there were literally hundreds in flower in this particular locality.

This species is closely related to Pterostylis curta, but that species has a larger, heavier flower, and a distinctive twisted labellum.