Here are a selection of fungi from the Tasmanian Rainforests that I recently visited. Most are from old growth forests or, at least, forests that were only selectively felled up to 100 years ago. Most of the brightly coloured fungi only live in old growth forests, so if the forests go, so do the huge diversity of beautiful fungi. Next time you are in an old forest in Autumn, spend some time looking at the ground and at fallen logs. You may be amazed by what you can see.
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Hygrocybe firma Montezuma Falls track
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Rhubarb bolete Boletus barragensis, Balfour track, South Arthur River
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Hygrocybe firma Pieman River
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Cortinarius sp. Balfour track, South Arthur River
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Hygrocybe firma Pieman River
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Hygrocybe graminicolor Pieman River
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Hygrocybe graminicolour Pieman River
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Hygrocybe sp. Liffey Falls
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Pixies parasols Mycena interrupta, Liffey Falls
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Elegant Blue Webcap Cortinarius rotundisporus. Julius River
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Martian mushroom Mycena interrupta
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Entoloma sp. Balfour track, South Arthur River
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Hygrocybe chromolimonea Pieman River
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Hygrocybe chromolimonea Milkshakes Reserve, South Arthur River
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Hygrocybe sp. Creepy Crawly Track, Lake Pedder Road
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Hygrocybe sp. Liffey Falls
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Pink Coral Ramaria ochraceosalmonicolor, Julius River
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Rickenella fibula Pieman River
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Mushroom family Huon River
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Unknown fungi Pieman River
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Ramaria sp. East coast, Tasmania
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Purple Coral Clavaria zollingeri, Liffey Falls
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Mauve splitting waxcap Hygrocybe lewellinae. Pieman River
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Cortinarius or Cuphocybe sp. Pieman River
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Cortinarius sp. Franklin River
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Hygrocybe cheelii Julius River
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Cortinarius levendulensis Pieman River
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Russula sp. Julius River
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Mycena sp. Huon River
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Cortinarius sp. Liffey Falls
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White splitting waxcap Hygrocybe mavis, Pieman River
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Spine fungi Hericium coralloides. Milkshakes Reserve, South Arthur River
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Cystoderma amianthinum Pieman River
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Three eggs South Arthur River
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Pin heads Vibrissea dura, Montezuma Falls
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Coral Tooth Hericium coralloides. Balfour Track, South Arthur River
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Mycena epipterygia Franklin River
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Coprinus sp. Arthur River
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Cup fungi Pieman River
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