Omphalotus nidiformis

Growing at the base of a fire-killed Black She-oak (Allocasuarina littoralis) tree - photographed in daylight

Omphalotus nififormis

Growing on a burnt eucalypt stump - illuminated by head torch

Omphalotus nidiformis

Same field of view as in the earlier image, but with no illumination. The green glow arises from natural luminescence of the fungus. See my earlier post about this phenomenon.

Boletellus obscurecoccineus

iNaturalist observation here

Coltricia sp.

Cruentomycena viscidocruenta

Hygrocybe sp.

iNaturalist observation here

Coltricia sp.

iNaturalist observation here

Hygrocybe conica

iNaturalist observation here

Tremella sp.

Growing on the cut end of a fire-killed eucalypt trunk. iNaturalist observation here.

Hymenochaete sp.

Growing on burnt Black She-oak (Allocasuarina littoralis) stump.

Stereum hirsutum

Growing on fire-killed Black She-oak (Allocasuarina littoralis) trunk. iNaturalist observation here.

Stereum hirsutum

Piptoporus australiensis

Growing on a fallen, dead and burnt Black She-oak (Allocasuarina littoralis) trunk.

iNaturalist observation here.

Piptoporus australiensis

A mature specimen of this fungus

iNaturalist observation here

Scleroderma sp.

iNaturalist observation here

Scleroderma sp.

Fistulinella mollis

iNaturalist observation here

Postia sp.

Growing on large, living but fire-blackend eucalypt. iNaturalist observation here.

Cantharellus concinnus

iNaturalist observation here

Pisolithus arhizus

iNaturalist observation here

Phaeohelotium baileyanum

iNaturalist observation here

Gerronema sp.

iNaturalist observation here

Amanita ochrophylla

iNaturalist observation here

Family Inocybaceae

iNaturalist observation here

Family Inocybaceae

Russula rosacea

iNaturalist observation here

unidentified - very large cap

Entoloma sp.

iNaturalist observation here

unidentified species

Monotoca scoparia

A healthy number of new bushes of this forb have appeared in the second post-fire year and all flowered heavily in early autumn

Epacris impressa

an iconic autumn flowering plant

Banksia spinulosa

This is the first year since the fire that this species has flowered

Correa reflexa var. speciosa

This species is flowering heavily this year

Hypocysta metirius

Heteronympha banksii

Ocybadistes walkeri

Hesperilla picta

Heteronympha merope

Parepisparis lutosaria

Hylaeora eucalypti

Chlorocoma sp.

Entometa apicalis

Xanthopimpla sp.

Gasteruption brachyurum

Tribe Cryptini

iNaturalist observation here

Tribe Gravenhorstini

Turneromyia sp.

Rivellia sp.

This is the first time since the fire that this wattle has flowered.

Tapeigaster sp.

Defending territory on mushroom cap. iNaturalist observation here.

Polichne sp. - probably Polichne ferruginea

Trombidium sp.

Tmarus sp.

Cormobates leucophaea

Microeca fascinans

Not often seen in the forest, a pair of these birds spent some time hawking insects in an open area

Petroica boodang

We’ve only seen this robin in the forest on a few occasions over the years

Sericornis frontalis

Calyptorhynchus funerea

A flock of a half dozen of these birds made a brief visit to the forest, searching for beetle grubs under bark and extracting seeds from Angophora floribunda fruit

Pachycephala pectoralis