Cossid Moth
Ptilomacra senex
Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Cossidae
Cossid Moth
Ptilomacra senex
Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Cossidae
Eastern Spinebill
Eastern Spinebill
Rose Robin
Superb Lyrebird
Superb Lyrebird
Brown Thornbill
The small, insect eaters will go to any lengths to secure a meal. Every tree and bush gets a regular working over. There really is nowhere to hide for small moths.
Acanthiza pusilla
Brown Thornbill
The small, insect eaters will go to any lengths to secure a meal. Every tree and bush gets a regular working over. There really is nowhere to hide for small moths.
Acanthiza pusilla
Brown Thornbill
The small, insect eaters will go to any lengths to secure a meal. Every tree and bush gets a regular working over. There really is nowhere to hide for small moths.
Acanthiza pusilla
Sulphur Tufts
This common, clumping fungus grows on buried dead wood, such as old tree roots. The greenish gills make it easy to recognise - and it’s poisonous!
Hypholoma fasciculare
Fungi; Agaricales
Knobbled Orb-weaver
Eriophora sp.
A comm on group of spiders, although we never see many. Perhaps the birds eat them. This one certainly disappeared the day after I first sighted her.
Family: Araneidae; subfamily: Araneinae
Knobbled Orb-weaver
Eriophora sp.
A comm on group of spiders, although we never see many. Perhaps the birds eat them. This one certainly disappeared the day after I first sighted her.
Family: Araneidae; subfamily: Araneinae
Common Heath
Epacris impressa
Ghost Moth
Oxycanus dirempta
Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Hepialidae
Beyeria
Beyeria lasiocarpa
Cranberry Heath
Astroloma humifusum
Correa
Correa reflexa var. speciosa
Processionary caterpillars
unknown species - but that might change, if I don’t tire of feeding them before they grow and pupate
Prowling Spider
Miturga sp.
Prowling Spider
Miturga sp.
Cortinarius
If you find a bunch of large, overlapping mushrooms bursting from the soil, with rust-coloured spores and a ‘veil’ covering the gills when young - it’s probably a Cortinarius sp. This may be the largest genus of agaric mushrooms, with 2000 species worldwide!
Fungi; Agaricales
Mycena
The wettest parts of the forest floor are covered in tiny, bell-shaped mushrooms on long, thin stems. They are simply everywhere. And they come in varying combinations of brown and cream. Some Mycena species are brilliant red or blue … I’ll keep looking!
Fungi; Agaricales
Golden Scruffy Collybia
These stunning, tiny mushrooms are almost global - occurring throughout tropical and temperate regions. The fungus grows on dead wood.
Cyptotrama asprata
Fungi; Order: Agaricales
Golden Scruffy Collybia
The mushrooms begin as tiny, fuzzy, brightly coloured balls.
Cyptotrama asprata
Fungi; Order: Agaricales
Golden Scruffy Collybia
There is something quite un-fungus like about these mushrooms!
Cyptotrama asprata
Fungi; Order: Agaricales
Ant Beetle
There were several of these tiny (<5mm long), velvety beetles crawling about a fungus-covered log.
Lemodes coccinea
Order: Coleoptera; Family: Anthicidae
Ant Beetles - mating pair
The brilliant red hairs shimmer and glisten, but with a defined pattern of circles.
Lemodes coccinea
Order: Coleoptera; Family: Anthicidae
Dung Roundhead
A tiny, golden-headed mushroom that grows on herbivore poo. It’s a cosmopolitan species, probably introduced to Australia with livestock.
Fungi; Agaricales
fungal spores
Collected from Dung Roundhead, growing on wombat poo. The fungus is doing a good job!
scale bar = 10um (1/100th mm)
fungal spores
The colour, shape and size of spores can help identify a fungus. Many are ‘white’, such as these.
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fungal spores
We collect the spores by placing a piece of the fungus onto a microscope slide. In just a few hours, the fungus dries and drops the mature spores.
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fungal spores
We then add a drop of water, a coverslip, and view using a high-power compound microscope, with a camera attached. Paul is making good use of technical skills honed during his research career!
scale bar = 10um (1/100th mm)