First Snail Orchids
I found a new colony of snail orchids in the burnt forest and they were already in flower. […]
Rib Wattle
The Acacia Nervosa or Rib Wattle are the first of the wattles to flower in the forest. […]
Home Alone
For the last couple of days, I have seen the young Roo on its own. I am not […]
Earthstar
The oats are looking lush and the horses are looking for ways to get into the paddock, so […]
Endangered Baudin’s Cockatoos
Last year, we had a lot of black cockatoos on the property, but I couldn’t tell if they […]
Scleroderma Cepa
I have given up trying to identify this fungus. It is either a Scleroderma Cepa or a Scleroderma […]
Scleroderma Polyrhizum
We have a lot of these puffballs around the compost heap and in some of the vege beds. […]
Bobtail Lizard
Shorty was my “donkey ears” today, teaching me to stop rushing and take time to stop and observe. […]
Near the House
This morning, Kanga and Roo were the closest I have seen them to the house. I spotted a roo under a […]
Big Boy
I listened to my inner voice this morning. I normally drive round the property to give Shorty a […]
Laughing Jim
Some subspecies of the Gymnopilus junonius or Spectacular Rustgill contain the hallucinogenic compound psilocybin which have given it […]
Midge Orchids
A whole colony of Midge Orchids (Cyrtostylis huegelii) has started flowering in the forest. I found them 10 […]
Yellow Navel
This little mushroom is the yellow navel fungus or the Lichenomphalia chromacea (it used to be called the Omphalina chromacea). It […]
Haleotydeus Destructor
The name says it all, and we are infested with them. I first spotted them a month ago […]
Peziza Vesiculosa
About half a dozen of these beige, ear like cups have appeared in the third compost bay beside […]
Overwhelmed
I am feeling a little overwhelmed identifying and recording all the different fungi on the property. I have found […]
Coltricia cinnamomea
I was thrilled to find these delicate funnel shaped fungus, with caps ranging from 20-50mm across. It looked like […]
Shaggy Bolete
Boletellus ananiceps or Boletellus ananas is accurately called the shaggy bolete. It is a large solid looking mushroom and […]
Amanita Umbrinella
We have a lot of the Amanita umbrinella appearing in the forest now. They are quite large and […]
Vermillion Amanita
The vermillion amanita is sometimes called the yellow or pretty grisette which is a bit of a misnomer, […]
Scarlet Bracket Fungus
The scarlet bracket fungus or Pycnoporus coccineus is apparently really common, but so far I have only found 3 […]
Coprinus Cinereus – Poo Parasols
These delicate, grey, fluted fungi are spreading over the 2nd compost bay. They are Coprinus Cinereus (Coprinopsis cinerea), […]
Multicoloured Bracket Fungus
This Bracket fungus reminded me of a greenlip Abalone. The Trametes Versicolor is a polypore mushroom found all over the […]
Slimy Yellow Bolbitius
Native to Australia, the Bolbitius titubans is widespread and common, but varies in size depending on its location. […]
Purple Cortinar
Cortinarius archeri is a mycorrhizal fungus that is common in Jarrah forests appearing mainly in June and July. […]
Perfect Winter Weather
After 15mm of rain over the weekend, the last 2 days have been clear, crisp and dry. The […]
An Edible Mushroom?
This may be our first Edible Mushroom. It looks like a Pink Chantarelle Cantharellus aff. Cinnabarinus var. australiensis a variety […]
Black Shouldered Kite
Beautiful pale grey hawk are the first four words in the Field Guide description of the Black Shouldered […]
Whistling Kite
The Guineas alerted us to another bird of prey and this time it was the Whistling Kite. It […]
Blackened by Fire
The Three Sisters are a landmark in the forest, showing how a controlled burn can shape the environment. A year […]
Salmon Coral Fungus
Ramaria ochraceosalmonicolor is a coral fungus that looks just like cauliflower florets. They don’t have gills or pores […]
Antlered Jelly Fungus
This small jelly fungus is a Calocera or Antlered Jelly Fungus. They only grow to about 8mm tall […]
Another Poisonous Mushroom
Related to the deadly poisonous deathcap mushroom, Amanita phalloides, this is the White Veiled Amanita ananiceps and is also […]
Wedge Tailed Eagle
This is the largest bird of prey in Australia and one of the largest in the world. The […]
Lovely Lomandra
The flowers are tiny on the Lomandra Nigricans or Dark Mat Rush. When the buds first appear they look […]
First Greenhood Orchid
So far we have found three different Greenhood or Pterostylis orchids on the property. (According to Wikipedia there […]
Edible to Something
The shape and colouring of this mushroom is like something you would see in a children’s book about […]
Ridge Stemmed Bolete
This Austroboletus occidentalis is another Bolete like the Rhubarb Bolete I found the other day, so it has sponge […]
Rhubarb and Custard?
When I first started trying to identify this colourful mushroom, I thought it was going to be Plums […]
Woody Pear
The fruit of the Woody Pear or Xylomelum is rock hard with a soft velvety outer skin. We don’t find many […]
Fluted Funnel Fungus
This funnel shaped fungus is either the paxillus infundibuliformis or the deadly poisonous paxillus involutus and I am not going […]
Like Diamonds
Sparkling like it was covered with diamonds, this feather was a beautiful, but sombre symbol of the demise […]
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