In my last blog I listed the fungi I found on the Waterfall and Red tracks at Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush in May of 2022. I had filed the photos but I had never got around to writing them up. I was prompted in to writing them up as I walked the Red track again last weekend.
The Kaiwharawhara
Ganoderma sp. Growing on the end of a fall tree trunk, in broadleaf / podocarp forest, on the Circular track near where it intersects with the Waterfall track, Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/161349120
Armillaria novae-zelandiae. Growing on fallen dead tree across tributary of Kaiwharawhara, in broadleaf / podocarp forest, Circular track, Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/161349465
Hygrocybe sp. Growing on earth bank on side of track amongst mosses, in broadleaf / podocarp forest, on the Red track below the Flax Clearing, Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush. Fruitbodies orange to yellow – photo washed out. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/161350036
Dermoloma sp. Growing on earth bank on side of track amongst mosses, in broadleaf / podocarp forest, on the Red track below the Flax Clearing, Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/161352622
Roridomyces austrororidus. Growing on fall dead wood, in broadleaf / podocarp forest, on the Red track at head of the gully, Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/161352859
Resupinatus sp. Growing on fallen decorticated wood caught up in supple jack vines so no longer attached to the tree but not touch the ground either. In broadleaf / podocarp forest, on the Red track at head of the gully, Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/161353156
Campanella tristis. Growing on fall dead wood, in broadleaf / podocarp forest, on the Red track at head of the gully, Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/161353410
Mycena sp. Growing on wood, in broadleaf / podocarp forest, on the Red track above the Flax Clearing where it crosses the stream, Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/161353749
Cordyceps sinclairii, the Isaria asexual form. Growing from the side of the track, Circular track along the Kaiwharawhara, in broadleaf / podocarp forest, Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/161354221
Collybiopsis subpruinosa. Growing on stacked cut wood, in broadleaf / podocarp forest, on the Circular Trail, below Wilton Bush Road at the northern entrance to Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/161354477
Stereum versicolor. Growing on dead, fallen wood in southern beech plantation (Fuscospora (Nothofagus) fusca) northern end of Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush below Churchill Drive. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/161355441
Ganoderma sp. Growing on living beech in southern beech plantation (Fuscospora (Nothofagus) fusca) northern end of Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush below Churchill Drive. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/161355685
Spores, moulds, and fungi 