Victorian Fungus

I know that I am one of the few people who have a fascination with things like fungus, but I love autumn because it means all those amazing fungus fruiting bodies suddenly appear above the ground. These were taken in various places in Victoria and I cannot identify very many of them, but I'll keep trying.

Beetroot
Beautiful purple mushrooms on Mt Hotham.

Grey line
A Mycena variety. Stockyard Saddle

Tree fungus
Stereum ... Otway Ranges

Steel helmets
They look like two little German soldiers to me. Stockyard Saddle.

Fungus power
A mushroom punches through the surface of a road. Near Bright.

Coral fungus
Stockyard Saddle. Clavarius ...

Tin Soldiers
Mt Macedon.

Pink and white
Another mushroom growing amongst the lichen. Russula persanguinea

Out of the ashes
A mushroom srpings from the ashes of a bushfire. Mt Buffalo

Mushrooms and lichen
A sprig of lichen compliments the two mushrooms. Stockyard Saddle. A...

Blue funk
Mycena Interupta - Mt Macedon

Yellow buttons
Tiny yellow muchrooms grow in the sun. Omphalina chromacea

Mushroom guards
Stockyard Saddle

Gills
Stockyard Saddle

Disk fungus
Mt Macedon

Orange blobs
Mt Tenerife

Hidden mushrooms
Edible mushrooms hide in a hollow in the ground. Mt Macedon

article published 4/18/2003

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Hi Sharon, I know the site you mention (I may have contributed to their book). I now live up North in NE NSW. so no more victorian fungi. But - there is still fungi up here.

Steve
— Steve Axford, May 8, 2009

Hi Steve - I must be another one of the few people who have a thing for fungi. (I don't think it's that odd - seems there are quite a few of us out there). I was searching the web for pictures of Tasmania and fungi (I'm about to relocate there) and found your pictures. They are truly fantastic! It's been a real delight to view them (all of them, not just the fungi) - thanks! Don't know if you're aware that there's a site re fungi: http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/fungimap_/welcome/ - that you might be interested in contributing to. I just found it in my travels. :) Thanks again!!!!!! - Sharon.
— Sharon, May 7, 2009

Who would have ever thought that a photographic examination of fungi could produce something so interesting and beautiful! Amazing! (I bet your knees got dirty.)
— Richard Green, April 19, 2003

really loved seeing your photos of fungus! Yes, I'd rather see, than EAT, them! Thanks a lot!
— ELLIE ROBB, April 19, 2003

Steve, they almost all look good enough to eat! But then, on second thought, I'll just enjoy them visually. Nice photos!
— gung gung, April 19, 2003

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