Don’t know what depth this forum’s members have delved into fungi.
Do know some of you come here by different names.
As do fungi.
For example; do you know what you are getting when you import organic matter?
Here’s a tidbit. http://www.flickr.com/photos/99559986@N00/4691773127/
Why i bring this subject up should be obvious to most gardeners who have brown rather than green thumbs.
Good compost always smells like mushrooms, at least it does in my yard.
I dig anywhere in my native garden which extends from my front yard, around outside my yard covering the outsides of the whole street. I come up with white mycelium everywhere.
What do we really comprehend about what happens when we disturb them or mix them up? As Wiki says our comprehension of Australian fungi is meagre.
This may seem unimportant but it is quite true that many introduced fungi as well as natives are predatory.. rather than benign and useful. To gardeners, that is.
What have you observed?
an enjoyable collection of fungi fotos fanks RB.
i see you have had some rain – so have we – so i will go looking for fungi when the morning warms up.
i have fungi in the compost, orange fungi on the dead pine stumps and some mushrooms.
Personally, I don’t know enough about fungi, a bit like my knowledge on Coral and Spacedust but I know all three exist.
I have started learning the signs of fungi and what they potentially mean to their host medium be that dead leaf litter or on the trunks of trees. A work colleague of mine showed me how to age Wood Fungi and I was impressed to be looking at examples that were several years old.
So much to learn.
I see you talk about not introducing foreign material onto your little patch of Australia, just a quick question and not designed to hijack this thread (its kinda related) but do you have chooks and if yes, do you introduce bedding material for them?
I have seen some lovely fungi growing in bedding and mulching straw.
pain master said:
I see you talk about not introducing foreign material onto your little patch of Australia, just a quick question and not designed to hijack this thread (its kinda related) but do you have chooks and if yes, do you introduce bedding material for them?I have seen some lovely fungi growing in bedding and mulching straw.
The only animals/birds I keep are the budgies/quarrions left over from my children’s I want a pet syndrome.. I only import bird seed. I gave up having chooks when I moved here approx 30 years ago.
Even though I did use the import word.. Most of the stuff I say I’ve imported is either very locally sourced and/or well sterilised/composted. The main ingredient that isn’t local was pine bark fines that I picked up from a landscape supplier.Occasionally I get bales of lucerne hay from local growers. My whole yard has(in the past) been covered with grape marc hot off the distillery @ a depth of 150 mm. Prior to me proving that this could be done, nobody wanted grape marc, they all thought it would poison the soil. The major potting mix companies had tested it and refused it as a medium. The CSIRO had tested it and made all sorts of spurioius claims that I disproved. At the time, I could get hundreds of tonnes of it for only the transport costs. Sadly I cut my own throat by telling people. Nowadays, it costs me to buy it and the supply has dwindled due to the popularity of my discoveries.
My daughter found this fungi in her soil 
her ID shows it to be this one http://australianfungi.blogspot.com/2009/06/32-ileodictyon-gracile.html
I don’t know more than Joe Bloe about fungi, but regard them as works of art…
Dinetta said:
I don’t know more than Joe Bloe about fungi, but regard them as works of art…
may I suggest that without fungi we couldn’t garden and that with fungi we may not be able to garden, both.
Nothing about soil and decomposing organic matter are off topic in this thread. As it all pertains to fungi. Also I see that ouir birdman needs this, which I posted in comments on my flickr: www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details .asp?ID=727 .. Do a spore print before you try eating any.
Some of the amanitas are so deadly you just need to get the smallest piece in with the rest and you are curtains. What is worse is that with some you don’t show symptoms until it is through your system and your liver has failed.
The four deadliest have white gills. There are some coloured gilled ones which can make you sick but not kill you…
I saw many fungi weeding my front yard this morning, all shapes from flat and underground to the usual domed ones about. Small and lacy and big and fat. They’re facinating things.
Happy Potter said:
Some of the amanitas are so deadly you just need to get the smallest piece in with the rest and you are curtains. What is worse is that with some you don’t show symptoms until it is through your system and your liver has failed.
The four deadliest have white gills. There are some coloured gilled ones which can make you sick but not kill you…I saw many fungi weeding my front yard this morning, all shapes from flat and underground to the usual domed ones about. Small and lacy and big and fat. They’re facinating things.
There are quite a few far more knowledgeable fungi experts than myself(look over in scribblygum). I’m just your average layman. I’ve opened this thread mainly on the importance of fungi in maintaining healthy fertile soil and the art of recognising the same. Edibility is yet another aspect. Toxicity is something to be wary of in the edibility stakes. The other main aspect is; does the fungi help you or destroy your trees and shrubs? The opening post did contain a purportedly edible introduced mushroom easily confused with another very deadly mushroom from the same group. Amanita is yet another deadly group, some of which may be edible, some of which(in Australia) may be confused with an edible species.
roughbarked said:
My daughter found this fungi in her soil
some of them look like fancy baked items…good enough to eat! :D
roughbarked said:
Dinetta said:
I don’t know more than Joe Bloe about fungi, but regard them as works of art…
may I suggest that without fungi we couldn’t garden and that with fungi we may not be able to garden, both.
I believe that most of the North American continent does not have naturally occurring worms and thus relies on soil bacteria (and I guess, fungi) to effect the breakdown of organisms…
roughbarked said:
pain master said:
I see you talk about not introducing foreign material onto your little patch of Australia, just a quick question and not designed to hijack this thread (its kinda related) but do you have chooks and if yes, do you introduce bedding material for them?I have seen some lovely fungi growing in bedding and mulching straw.
The only animals/birds I keep are the budgies/quarrions left over from my children’s I want a pet syndrome.. I only import bird seed. I gave up having chooks when I moved here approx 30 years ago.
Even though I did use the import word.. Most of the stuff I say I’ve imported is either very locally sourced and/or well sterilised/composted. The main ingredient that isn’t local was pine bark fines that I picked up from a landscape supplier.Occasionally I get bales of lucerne hay from local growers. My whole yard has(in the past) been covered with grape marc hot off the distillery @ a depth of 150 mm. Prior to me proving that this could be done, nobody wanted grape marc, they all thought it would poison the soil. The major potting mix companies had tested it and refused it as a medium. The CSIRO had tested it and made all sorts of spurioius claims that I disproved. At the time, I could get hundreds of tonnes of it for only the transport costs. Sadly I cut my own throat by telling people. Nowadays, it costs me to buy it and the supply has dwindled due to the popularity of my discoveries.
but you were doing the right thing at the time?
pain master said:
roughbarked said:
pain master said:
I see you talk about not introducing foreign material onto your little patch of Australia, just a quick question and not designed to hijack this thread (its kinda related) but do you have chooks and if yes, do you introduce bedding material for them?I have seen some lovely fungi growing in bedding and mulching straw.
The only animals/birds I keep are the budgies/quarrions left over from my children’s I want a pet syndrome.. I only import bird seed. I gave up having chooks when I moved here approx 30 years ago.
Even though I did use the import word.. Most of the stuff I say I’ve imported is either very locally sourced and/or well sterilised/composted. The main ingredient that isn’t local was pine bark fines that I picked up from a landscape supplier.Occasionally I get bales of lucerne hay from local growers. My whole yard has(in the past) been covered with grape marc hot off the distillery @ a depth of 150 mm. Prior to me proving that this could be done, nobody wanted grape marc, they all thought it would poison the soil. The major potting mix companies had tested it and refused it as a medium. The CSIRO had tested it and made all sorts of spurioius claims that I disproved. At the time, I could get hundreds of tonnes of it for only the transport costs. Sadly I cut my own throat by telling people. Nowadays, it costs me to buy it and the supply has dwindled due to the popularity of my discoveries.
but you were doing the right thing at the time?
:) well, of course.. Whatever one learns must be passed on or lost.
It wasn ‘t all bnad, the carrier who brought me most of it asked did I have any bottlebrush. So I gave him fifty of what I connsidered too bnig to sell or be bnothered repotting unless they went now.
He in turn just turned up and dumped fifty tonnes of grape marc as his gift. I arrived hjome as he was dumpin g the last load and asked whjat I owed him, wonmdering when I had ordered it.. He replied, “it is just payment for those bottlebrush”
.. I said .. but I didn’t ask for payment.. He replied.. neither am I..
Checking the nurseries in town, I disovered that he had got five hundred bucks worth.. and I thought they were chuck outs.. ;)
The bottlebrush are still where he planted them using my advice.. as a gift to his local community roadside.
roughbarked said:
Happy Potter said:Some of the amanitas are so deadly you just need to get the smallest piece in with the rest and you are curtains. What is worse is that with some you don’t show symptoms until it is through your system and your liver has failed.
The four deadliest have white gills. There are some coloured gilled ones which can make you sick but not kill you…I saw many fungi weeding my front yard this morning, all shapes from flat and underground to the usual domed ones about. Small and lacy and big and fat. They’re facinating things.
There are quite a few far more knowledgeable fungi experts than myself(look over in scribblygum). I’m just your average layman. I’ve opened this thread mainly on the importance of fungi in maintaining healthy fertile soil and the art of recognising the same. Edibility is yet another aspect. Toxicity is something to be wary of in the edibility stakes. The other main aspect is; does the fungi help you or destroy your trees and shrubs? The opening post did contain a purportedly edible introduced mushroom easily confused with another very deadly mushroom from the same group. Amanita is yet another deadly group, some of which may be edible, some of which(in Australia) may be confused with an edible species.
How do you recognise if a fungi is helping or harming soils, or trees ? I’ve only ever seen the things on decaying matter, not on living plants. Well aside from mould on pumpkin leaves, ect.
Happy Potter said:
roughbarked said:
Happy Potter said:Some of the amanitas are so deadly you just need to get the smallest piece in with the rest and you are curtains. What is worse is that with some you don’t show symptoms until it is through your system and your liver has failed.
The four deadliest have white gills. There are some coloured gilled ones which can make you sick but not kill you…I saw many fungi weeding my front yard this morning, all shapes from flat and underground to the usual domed ones about. Small and lacy and big and fat. They’re facinating things.
There are quite a few far more knowledgeable fungi experts than myself(look over in scribblygum). I’m just your average layman. I’ve opened this thread mainly on the importance of fungi in maintaining healthy fertile soil and the art of recognising the same. Edibility is yet another aspect. Toxicity is something to be wary of in the edibility stakes. The other main aspect is; does the fungi help you or destroy your trees and shrubs? The opening post did contain a purportedly edible introduced mushroom easily confused with another very deadly mushroom from the same group. Amanita is yet another deadly group, some of which may be edible, some of which(in Australia) may be confused with an edible species.
How do you recognise if a fungi is helping or harming soils, or trees ? I’ve only ever seen the things on decaying matter, not on living plants. Well aside from mould on pumpkin leaves, ect.
for a start, if the fungi is growing on the tree then it will be returning that tree to the soil.
I do know that for something that doesn’t move, doesn’t run away when you get close and doesn’t blow around in the wind, they are relatively difficult yet fun to photograph. Fungi fotografy means getting dirty, it means crawling around in dark and damp places, with macro lenses and the impending moment when you find something other than fungi. I mean spiders, scorpions and centipedes have all been spotted by me in the past few weeks while trying to fotograf fungi.
Here I present my Eungella Fungella collection:
pain master said:
I do know that for something that doesn’t move, doesn’t run away when you get close and doesn’t blow around in the wind, they are relatively difficult yet fun to photograph. Fungi fotografy means getting dirty, it means crawling around in dark and damp places, with macro lenses and the impending moment when you find something other than fungi. I mean spiders, scorpions and centipedes have all been spotted by me in the past few weeks while trying to fotograf fungi.Here I present my Eungella Fungella collection:
wow they look like the insides of shells….. blue ribbon to you on that one PM.
you’re getting slightly larger images on this thread because I don’t want to lose too much IQ.
thanks Lucky, there are some real pretty little things hiding in the dark rainforests… just need to dig around a little.
I quite often have people say “What are you photographing?” and I show them some bird or flower or fungi, and they say “Jee, I never noticed those before” yet the forest floor is teeming with them.
some of the wood fungi can be years in age…
pain master said:
you’re getting slightly larger images on this thread because I don’t want to lose too much IQ.
Oh how tiny are these little guys! So cute…….
should be a quote in here about the cycle of life and recycling or such…
pain master said:
thanks Lucky, there are some real pretty little things hiding in the dark rainforests… just need to dig around a little.
Oh wow……………… I so love your photos and fungi has a special place in my heart. I don’t know why …..I just do.
Lucky1 said:
Oh how tiny are these little guys! So cute…….
Oh but the tiny little guys can reduce the hardest of timber into the softest of mulch…
pain master said:
I quite often have people say “What are you photographing?” and I show them some bird or flower or fungi, and they say “Jee, I never noticed those before” yet the forest floor is teeming with them.
I wonder if little animals drink from those pools of water???
pain master said:
some of the wood fungi can be years in age…
looks like a dress with frills.
pain master said:
should be a quote in here about the cycle of life and recycling or such…
are they baby ones at the front???
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
Oh how tiny are these little guys! So cute…….
Oh but the tiny little guys can reduce the hardest of timber into the softest of mulch…
lovely colours
Lucky1 said:
Oh wow……………… I so love your photos and fungi has a special place in my heart. I don’t know why …..I just do.
I think fungi have such a rich history in folklore and literature that people accept that yes there is a magical quality to them. The fact that some of them can produce some extreme hallucinogenic imagery prolly helps to perpetuate the mythology.
This was the first time that I have spotted this little collection of fungi, they were tiny, and you can see the mycellium (sp?) between each of the individuals…
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
Oh wow……………… I so love your photos and fungi has a special place in my heart. I don’t know why …..I just do.
I think fungi have such a rich history in folklore and literature that people accept that yes there is a magical quality to them. The fact that some of them can produce some extreme hallucinogenic imagery prolly helps to perpetuate the mythology.
This was the first time that I have spotted this little collection of fungi, they were tiny, and you can see the mycellium (sp?) between each of the individuals…
Looks like a photo from a plane and they are termite hills…….
Lucky1 said:
I wonder if little animals drink from those pools of water???
I’m sure the little frogs keep cool in them from time to time and even mosquitos will get their larvae in there on occasion. Would love to see a bird sipping from one!!!
How’s this for total domination of a dead tree stump?
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
Oh wow……………… I so love your photos and fungi has a special place in my heart. I don’t know why …..I just do.
I think fungi have such a rich history in folklore and literature that people accept that yes there is a magical quality to them. The fact that some of them can produce some extreme hallucinogenic imagery prolly helps to perpetuate the mythology.
This was the first time that I have spotted this little collection of fungi, they were tiny, and you can see the mycellium (sp?) between each of the individuals…
Nice photo PM, I agree with lucky on this one.
Lucky1 said:
are they baby ones at the front???
It certainly looks like it Lucky, but then you’d thing with the spores being released below, the young ones would be further down in the mulch? Maybe they were ones that had broken off?
Here are the little teeny tiny fungi, that look ever so delicate.
veg gardener said:
Nice photo PM, I agree with lucky on this one.
Thanks veg, a few more fungi to go. Here’s a little delicate white one. Just holding on.
I like this shot and the way the fungi cascade down the tree trunk.
this shot is for Bubba. It shows a little more of the scene and of the overall picture.
a very solid looking member of the woodfungus club.
and last of all, a final wood fungus with little junior just starting to sprout above.
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:I wonder if little animals drink from those pools of water???
I’m sure the little frogs keep cool in them from time to time and even mosquitos will get their larvae in there on occasion. Would love to see a bird sipping from one!!!
How’s this for total domination of a dead tree stump?
Good grief…… fungi takeover big time……lol
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:are they baby ones at the front???
It certainly looks like it Lucky, but then you’d thing with the spores being released below, the young ones would be further down in the mulch? Maybe they were ones that had broken off?
Here are the little teeny tiny fungi, that look ever so delicate.
One time if you think about it……..pop a coin near then (if that is okay to do) to give us a really good idea of their sizes….. but then that would also spoil the photo…sigh
Very cute these little guys.
pain master said:
I like this shot and the way the fungi cascade down the tree trunk.
Stunning
pain master said:
this shot is for Bubba. It shows a little more of the scene and of the overall picture.
Oh that is my fav photo of the day and its only just turned 10 am.
Fanks for featurefull fungi fotos ;)
pain master said:
a very solid looking member of the woodfungus club.
Looks like a carving out of wood:)
pain master said:
and last of all, a final wood fungus with little junior just starting to sprout above.
And its white too.
fing about fabulous fung from fantastic rainforests… they have a lot more colour in them than my fungi from arid lands.
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
this shot is for Bubba. It shows a little more of the scene and of the overall picture.
Oh that is my fav photo of the day and its only just turned 10 am.
Hallucinogenic alright. I’m seeing purple rings and spots.
Beaudyful :)
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:are they baby ones at the front???
It certainly looks like it Lucky, but then you’d thing with the spores being released below, the young ones would be further down in the mulch? Maybe they were ones that had broken off?
Here are the little teeny tiny fungi, that look ever so delicate.
One time if you think about it……..pop a coin near then (if that is okay to do) to give us a really good idea of their sizes….. but then that would also spoil the photo…sigh
Very cute these little guys.
I’ll keep it in mind. These guys have caps that are smaller then my little finger nail.
Happy Potter said:
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
this shot is for Bubba. It shows a little more of the scene and of the overall picture.
Oh that is my fav photo of the day and its only just turned 10 am.
:) can I say WOW?
Hallucinogenic alright. I’m seeing purple rings and spots.
Beaudyful :)
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
this shot is for Bubba. It shows a little more of the scene and of the overall picture.
Oh that is my fav photo of the day and its only just turned 10 am.
thanks Lucky1 :)
Just add water.. ;)
roughbarked said:
fing about fabulous fung from fantastic rainforests… they have a lot more colour in them than my fungi from arid lands.
but they both serve the same purpose.
Happy Potter said:
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
this shot is for Bubba. It shows a little more of the scene and of the overall picture.
Oh that is my fav photo of the day and its only just turned 10 am.
Hallucinogenic alright. I’m seeing purple rings and spots.
Beaudyful :)
:)
thanks for the awesome fungi photos :)
My old apple tree that died from the drought is now sporting some fungi, but not as colourful as these. I should take a photo of them still, yes?
bluegreen said:
thanks for the awesome fungi photos :)My old apple tree that died from the drought is now sporting some fungi, but not as colourful as these. I should take a photo of them still, yes?
you should of course. it will also serve as a timeline so that you can keep an eye on how old your fungi lives to.
bluegreen said:
thanks for the awesome fungi photos :)My old apple tree that died from the drought is now sporting some fungi, but not as colourful as these. I should take a photo of them still, yes?
Yes. Despite the fact that this could also be called Fab fotos of fungi.. it is also about gardening with fungi.. ;)
It is about commmunal learning about what makes our gardens work or fail.
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
thanks for the awesome fungi photos :)My old apple tree that died from the drought is now sporting some fungi, but not as colourful as these. I should take a photo of them still, yes?
you should of course. it will also serve as a timeline so that you can keep an eye on how old your fungi lives to.
might not be around long enough but will anyway.
This thread may present the possibility of a warning, whenever you consider using fungicide.
pain master said:
I do know that for something that doesn’t move, doesn’t run away when you get close and doesn’t blow around in the wind, they are relatively difficult yet fun to photograph. Fungi fotografy means getting dirty, it means crawling around in dark and damp places, with macro lenses and the impending moment when you find something other than fungi. I mean spiders, scorpions and centipedes have all been spotted by me in the past few weeks while trying to fotograf fungi.Here I present my Eungella Fungella collection:
Veeery nice…from Eungella itself?
pain master said:
I quite often have people say “What are you photographing?” and I show them some bird or flower or fungi, and they say “Jee, I never noticed those before” yet the forest floor is teeming with them.
Yes I agree that people just don’t see the beauty in them…
Dinetta said:
pain master said:
I do know that for something that doesn’t move, doesn’t run away when you get close and doesn’t blow around in the wind, they are relatively difficult yet fun to photograph. Fungi fotografy means getting dirty, it means crawling around in dark and damp places, with macro lenses and the impending moment when you find something other than fungi. I mean spiders, scorpions and centipedes have all been spotted by me in the past few weeks while trying to fotograf fungi.Here I present my Eungella Fungella collection:
Veeery nice…from Eungella itself?
yeah, all fungi shots from either Broken River (Eungella) or Finch Hatton Gorge.
Dinetta said:
pain master said:
I quite often have people say “What are you photographing?” and I show them some bird or flower or fungi, and they say “Jee, I never noticed those before” yet the forest floor is teeming with them.
Yes I agree that people just don’t see the beauty in them…
some people can’t see the forest for the trees.
pain master said:
yeah, all fungi shots from either Broken River (Eungella) or Finch Hatton Gorge.
Ooooh, no wonder I couldn’t place the Broken River name at Townsville…less familiar with Mackay hinterland but Eungella is famous for the platypus…we had lunch in the clouds up above Eungella a couple of years ago…fantastic…always meant to go camping over there but then MrD got caught up in assisting his Dad with the bookmaking … maybe one day it will just happen…
dead apple tree with fungi:
bluegreen said:
dead apple tree with fungi:
They look good enough to eat…
pain master said:
thanks Lucky, there are some real pretty little things hiding in the dark rainforests… just need to dig around a little.
I like that one. The mossy growth brings out the colours.
pain master said:
I quite often have people say “What are you photographing?” and I show them some bird or flower or fungi, and they say “Jee, I never noticed those before” yet the forest floor is teeming with them.
I was just thinking that I miss so much when I’m out walking. I’ll never know.
pain master said:
some of the wood fungi can be years in age…
Loks like a frilly skirt.
Dinetta said:
pain master said:yeah, all fungi shots from either Broken River (Eungella) or Finch Hatton Gorge.
Ooooh, no wonder I couldn’t place the Broken River name at Townsville…less familiar with Mackay hinterland but Eungella is famous for the platypus…we had lunch in the clouds up above Eungella a couple of years ago…fantastic…always meant to go camping over there but then MrD got caught up in assisting his Dad with the bookmaking … maybe one day it will just happen…
you should, Eungella was a lovely spot.
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
some of the wood fungi can be years in age…
looks like a dress with frills.
That’s my line Lucky.
bluegreen said:
dead apple tree with fungi:
Wow, that fungi is really in and amongst it!
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
Oh wow……………… I so love your photos and fungi has a special place in my heart. I don’t know why …..I just do.
I think fungi have such a rich history in folklore and literature that people accept that yes there is a magical quality to them. The fact that some of them can produce some extreme hallucinogenic imagery prolly helps to perpetuate the mythology.
This was the first time that I have spotted this little collection of fungi, they were tiny, and you can see the mycellium (sp?) between each of the individuals…
They have a magical quality because fairies and elves live under them.
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
dead apple tree with fungi:
Wow, that fungi is really in and amongst it!
breaking down the dead wood nicely :)
pomolo said:
pain master said:
some of the wood fungi can be years in age…
Loks like a frilly skirt.
That’s what Lucky said.
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:I wonder if little animals drink from those pools of water???
I’m sure the little frogs keep cool in them from time to time and even mosquitos will get their larvae in there on occasion. Would love to see a bird sipping from one!!!
How’s this for total domination of a dead tree stump?
That doesn’t even look real.
pain master said:
this shot is for Bubba. It shows a little more of the scene and of the overall picture.
I’m pretty sure that fairies live round that one.
pain master said:
a very solid looking member of the woodfungus club.
I bet that one is old.
pain master said:
Dinetta said:
pain master said:yeah, all fungi shots from either Broken River (Eungella) or Finch Hatton Gorge.
Ooooh, no wonder I couldn’t place the Broken River name at Townsville…less familiar with Mackay hinterland but Eungella is famous for the platypus…we had lunch in the clouds up above Eungella a couple of years ago…fantastic…always meant to go camping over there but then MrD got caught up in assisting his Dad with the bookmaking … maybe one day it will just happen…
you should, Eungella was a lovely spot.
So close to home, we should be ashamed of ourselves, aye?
Dinetta said:
pain master said:
Dinetta said:Ooooh, no wonder I couldn’t place the Broken River name at Townsville…less familiar with Mackay hinterland but Eungella is famous for the platypus…we had lunch in the clouds up above Eungella a couple of years ago…fantastic…always meant to go camping over there but then MrD got caught up in assisting his Dad with the bookmaking … maybe one day it will just happen…
you should, Eungella was a lovely spot.
So close to home, we should be ashamed of ourselves, aye?
well the locals reckon that 80% of residents of Mackay have not visited Eungella. A bit like Townsville’s Paluma or Maggie Island.
bluegreen said:
dead apple tree with fungi:
pomolo said:
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
some of the wood fungi can be years in age…
looks like a dress with frills.
That’s my line Lucky.
Beat ya….lol
pomolo said:
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
Oh wow……………… I so love your photos and fungi has a special place in my heart. I don’t know why …..I just do.
I think fungi have such a rich history in folklore and literature that people accept that yes there is a magical quality to them. The fact that some of them can produce some extreme hallucinogenic imagery prolly helps to perpetuate the mythology.
This was the first time that I have spotted this little collection of fungi, they were tiny, and you can see the mycellium (sp?) between each of the individuals…
They have a magical quality because fairies and elves live under them.
Oh and here I was thinking it was the PM’s photo care…..I stand corrected…lol
pain master said:
Dinetta said:
pain master said:you should, Eungella was a lovely spot.
So close to home, we should be ashamed of ourselves, aye?
well the locals reckon that 80% of residents of Mackay have not visited Eungella. A bit like Townsville’s Paluma or Maggie Island.
Locals tend to not see what is under their noses…. not all but a lot.
bluegreen said:
thanks for the awesome fungi photos :)My old apple tree that died from the drought is now sporting some fungi, but not as colourful as these. I should take a photo of them still, yes?
Yes.
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
Dinetta said:So close to home, we should be ashamed of ourselves, aye?
well the locals reckon that 80% of residents of Mackay have not visited Eungella. A bit like Townsville’s Paluma or Maggie Island.
Locals tend to not see what is under their noses…. not all but a lot.
Locals tend to bulldoze what is local to earn a living, then go to the national park on R&R..
bluegreen said:
dead apple tree with fungi:
That’s all pretty specie BG.
pomolo said:
That’s all pretty specie BG.
Sure is..
pain master said:
this shot is for Bubba. It shows a little more of the scene and of the overall picture.
Very pretty.
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
well the locals reckon that 80% of residents of Mackay have not visited Eungella. A bit like Townsville’s Paluma or Maggie Island.
Locals tend to not see what is under their noses…. not all but a lot.
We took Carnarvon Gorge for granted, and Blackdown Tablelands…I mean they were in our backyards and therefore weren’t important, right? Wrong. At the YHA Bushwalkers, these were two destinations of annual pilgrimmage…as was Etna Caves…quite the eye-opener, those YHA bushies…great people…
roughbarked said:
Locals tend to bulldoze what is local to earn a living, then go to the national park on R&R..
Dinetta said:
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
well the locals reckon that 80% of residents of Mackay have not visited Eungella. A bit like Townsville’s Paluma or Maggie Island.
Locals tend to not see what is under their noses…. not all but a lot.
We took Carnarvon Gorge for granted, and Blackdown Tablelands…I mean they were in our backyards and therefore weren’t important, right? Wrong. At the YHA Bushwalkers, these were two destinations of annual pilgrimmage…as was Etna Caves…quite the eye-opener, those YHA bushies…great people…
How does one get to Carnarvon Gorge say from Towntown?
pain master said:
Dinetta said:
Lucky1 said:Locals tend to not see what is under their noses…. not all but a lot.
We took Carnarvon Gorge for granted, and Blackdown Tablelands…I mean they were in our backyards and therefore weren’t important, right? Wrong. At the YHA Bushwalkers, these were two destinations of annual pilgrimmage…as was Etna Caves…quite the eye-opener, those YHA bushies…great people…
How does one get to Carnarvon Gorge say from Towntown?
Do you want to travel through Charlies Trousers, or down the coast?
If you come down through Charlies Trousers, you drive turn east at Clermont to Emerald, south to Springsure, east to Rolleston and then south, half-way to Injune. It’s 6 hours to Emerald, part of the road between Charlies Trousers and the Belyando is single lane, or do you know that? After the Belyando its’ nearly all beautifull wide bitumen…
If you come right down the coast, you turn west at Rockhampton and then after Blackwater, you turn west to Rolleston and then south to Injune. They are “doing up” this road because of the increased level of mining activity around Rolleston.
If you come down through Mackay, you can get on to the “Beef Road” but I don’t know that route, can ask MrD after he comes home from his Sunday Bike Ride…
Will get back to you on this one if you really want…
Dinetta said:
pain master said:
Dinetta said:We took Carnarvon Gorge for granted, and Blackdown Tablelands…I mean they were in our backyards and therefore weren’t important, right? Wrong. At the YHA Bushwalkers, these were two destinations of annual pilgrimmage…as was Etna Caves…quite the eye-opener, those YHA bushies…great people…
How does one get to Carnarvon Gorge say from Towntown?
Do you want to travel through Charlies Trousers, or down the coast?
If you come down through Charlies Trousers, you drive turn east at Clermont to Emerald, south to Springsure, east to Rolleston and then south, half-way to Injune. It’s 6 hours to Emerald, part of the road between Charlies Trousers and the Belyando is single lane, or do you know that? After the Belyando its’ nearly all beautifull wide bitumen…
If you come right down the coast, you turn west at Rockhampton and then after Blackwater, you turn west to Rolleston and then south to Injune. They are “doing up” this road because of the increased level of mining activity around Rolleston.
If you come down through Mackay, you can get on to the “Beef Road” but I don’t know that route, can ask MrD after he comes home from his Sunday Bike Ride…
Will get back to you on this one if you really want…
I’m assuming you’re driving? Otherwise you can take a bus tour, like Oz Tours? No other public transport goes in there…
Dinetta said:
pain master said:
Dinetta said:We took Carnarvon Gorge for granted, and Blackdown Tablelands…I mean they were in our backyards and therefore weren’t important, right? Wrong. At the YHA Bushwalkers, these were two destinations of annual pilgrimmage…as was Etna Caves…quite the eye-opener, those YHA bushies…great people…
How does one get to Carnarvon Gorge say from Towntown?
Do you want to travel through Charlies Trousers, or down the coast?
If you come down through Charlies Trousers, you drive turn east at Clermont to Emerald, south to Springsure, east to Rolleston and then south, half-way to Injune. It’s 6 hours to Emerald, part of the road between Charlies Trousers and the Belyando is single lane, or do you know that? After the Belyando its’ nearly all beautifull wide bitumen…
If you come right down the coast, you turn west at Rockhampton and then after Blackwater, you turn west to Rolleston and then south to Injune. They are “doing up” this road because of the increased level of mining activity around Rolleston.
If you come down through Mackay, you can get on to the “Beef Road” but I don’t know that route, can ask MrD after he comes home from his Sunday Bike Ride…
Will get back to you on this one if you really want…
Ive been down the Belyando to Emerald. So Carnarvon is kinda in the Great Divide, just south west of Rocky? That’s a full days drive from Townsville I’d say. Is it anywhere near Ulam?
pain master said:
Ive been down the Belyando to Emerald. So Carnarvon is kinda in the Great Divide, just south west of Rocky? That’s a full days drive from Townsville I’d say. Is it anywhere near Ulam?
South West of Rockhampton, check. About 8 hours drive from TownTown, check. Now to ask MrD if it’s anywhere near Ulam…tell you what, there is a place on the Rolleston to Injune road called the Arcardia Valley, the highway is on the border, and if you like “our” kind of country, it is beautiful…
pain master said:
Ive been down the Belyando to Emerald. So Carnarvon is kinda in the Great Divide, just south west of Rocky? That’s a full days drive from Townsville I’d say. Is it anywhere near Ulam?
Nope, nowhere near Ulam, which is in the Boyne Valley (think Gladstone). This would be more to the south-southwest of Rockhampton, whereas Carnarvon Gorge is west-south-west…
Dinetta said:
pain master said:Ive been down the Belyando to Emerald. So Carnarvon is kinda in the Great Divide, just south west of Rocky? That’s a full days drive from Townsville I’d say. Is it anywhere near Ulam?
Nope, nowhere near Ulam, which is in the Boyne Valley (think Gladstone). This would be more to the south-southwest of Rockhampton, whereas Carnarvon Gorge is west-south-west…
gotcha.
If you come down through Charlies Trousers,
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gosh we’d say it was half a dozen tinnies length trip.roughbarked said:
If you come down through Charlies Trousers,>
gosh we’d say it was half a dozen tinnies length trip.
6-pack just to get to Charlies… although the road is fantastic now out to there, and takes around 80mins.
roughbarked said:
If you come down through Charlies Trousers,>
gosh we’d say it was half a dozen tinnies length trip.
chuckle
i saw only two types today north of adelaide, and they are pretty ordinary.
- a spent mushroom
- a ‘cap’ type toadstool – probably poisonous.
usually in winter there is a bright orange one feeding on the dead pine stumps but its not at work currently.
pepe said:
usually in winter there is a bright orange one feeding on the dead pine stumps but its not at work currently.
Does your Orange one look like this?
pepe said:
- a ‘cap’ type toadstool – probably poisonous.
I’d prolly eat that one…. after a whiff. But then, maybe I haven’t.
pain master said:
pepe said:
- a ‘cap’ type toadstool – probably poisonous.
I’d prolly eat that one…. after a whiff. But then, maybe I haven’t.
something has eaten it i notice.
inkcap is the name we have dubbed it. is this right?
pain master said:
pepe said:
usually in winter there is a bright orange one feeding on the dead pine stumps but its not at work currently.
Does your Orange one look like this?
nup – that one is famous – bar agaric or summin – my plain orange thing is not so picturesque.
btw great fotos of fungi on this thread.
Pepe.. did you see your fungi in my fungi set?
roughbarked said:
Pepe.. did you see your fungi in my fungi set?
no. but i’m not sure that i accessed all of it.
it comes up like a folded umbrella and then opens out in a day.
( it takes me a while but…) ‘fly agaric’ is that orange mushroom in PM’s photo.
pepe said:
pain master said:
pepe said:
usually in winter there is a bright orange one feeding on the dead pine stumps but its not at work currently.
Does your Orange one look like this?
nup – that one is famous – bar agaric or summin – my plain orange thing is not so picturesque.
btw great fotos of fungi on this thread.
this photo is pretty poor but it does show the shape and colour well. I took this one up at Stirling at a lovely little organic cafe, where I used to buy my organically certified seed potatoes.