| Stat' | Notes | Thumbnails: 144. 44 native species listed, with 24 from Ellura |
| Fungi (Fungi) - Sac Fungi (Ascomycota) - Lichenised Fungi (Lecanoromycetes) | |||||||
| Lichens Agyriales | Lichen Thelotremataceae | Mouldy Milk Diploschistes ocellatus | Na e m | ||||
| Lichens Lecanorales | Spindle Lichen Cladoniaceae | Spiny Moss Lichen Cladia aggregata iNaturalist | Na e m | The body/stalks of this are hollow. It's quite tiny with the end branches being only ~2mm. We think the black tips (only a couple of tenths of a mm) are the fruiting bodies. We find ours under the Eastern side of fallen Calitris trunks. | |||
| Lichens Lecanorales | Spindle Lichen Cladoniaceae | Rhizinate Lichen Cladia muelleri iNaturalist | Na e m | ||||
| Lichens Lecanorales | Lichen Parmeliaceae | Green Cups Flavoparmelia rutidota | Na e m r | ||||
| Lichens Lecanorales | Lichen Parmeliaceae | Beard Lichen Usnea sp iNaturalist | Na m c | Thank you Aidan Beutel for confirming the id of this species for us | |||
| Lichens Lecanorales | Lichen Parmeliaceae | Green Fans Xanthoparmelia cheelii | Na e m r | ||||
| Lichens Lecanorales | Lichen Parmeliaceae | Green Noodles Xanthoparmelia convoluta | Na e m | ||||
| Lichens Lecanorales | Lichen Parmeliaceae | Brown Noodles Xanthoparmelia neodelisei | Na e m | Looks a bit like emu droppings when walking past. | |||
| Lichens Lecanorales | Lichen Parmeliaceae | Resurrection Lichen Xanthoparmelia semiviridis iNaturalist | Na e m r |
Thank you Dr Kym Nicolson for confirming the id of this species for us This is a most remarkable species, and was probably the hook that started my interest in wildlife. During the dry, this looks like dried up leaf litter scattered on the ground. It's very light and gets blown around by the wind. You'd swear it's dead, but then add water (rain) and your specimen will magically come back to life, softening & greening up! | |||
| Lichens Lecanorales | Lichen Psoraceae | Crystal Scale Psora crystallifera iNaturalist | Na e m |
Thank you Dr Annie Evankow for confirming the id of this species for us | |||
| Lichens Lecanorales | Lichen Psoraceae | Blushing Scale Psora decipiens iNaturalist | Na e m r | Thank you LifeIsAmazing
& Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us There is another very similar to this, Psora crenata. Dr. Max Mallen-Cooper said that Psora crenata has to be: 1) a highly concave-inwards shape in mature squamules and even the small young ones have to show some sign of starting to concave inwards like a crater, 2) margins appear bulgey and folded back in on itself due to concave crater-like shape, 3) generally larger than Psora decipiens, at least for the mature squamules (but you can get some large P. decipiens occassionally), 4) Psora crenata does not extend as far into the dry parts of the arid zone as Psora decipiens, and is possibly only found in South Australia or near the border with VIC/NSW | |||
| Lichens Teloschistales | Lichen Physciaceae | Polka Dot Limestone Buellia georgei | Na e m | ||||
| Lichens Teloschistales | Lichen Physciaceae | White Cups Physcia rolandii | Na e m | ||||
| Lichens Teloschistales | Lichen Teloschistaceae | Orange Buttons Jackelixia filsonii | Na e m |
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| Lichens Teloschistales | Lichen Teloschistaceae | Orange Cups Jackelixia streimannii | Na a |
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| Lichens Teloschistales | Lichen Teloschistaceae | Orange Eyelashes Teloschistes chrysophthalmus | Na e m a r | ||||
| Lichens Teloschistales | Lichen Teloschistaceae | Grassy Buttons Teloschistes sieberianus | Na a | ||||
| Fungi (Fungi) - Sac Fungi (Ascomycota) - Cup Fungi (Leotiomycetes) | |||||||
| Earth Tongues Geoglossales | Earth Tongue Geoglossaceae | Earth Tongue Geoglossum sp | Na a | Thank you Robert Lawrence for identifying this species for us | |||
| Cup Fungi Helotiales | Cup Fungus Helotiaceae | Orange Cup Fungus Discinella terrestris | Na a |
Thank you Michal Dutkiewicz for identifying this species for us | |||
| Fungi (Fungi) - Sac Fungi (Ascomycota) - Disk Fungi (Pezizomycetes) | ||||||
| Disk Fungi Pezizales | Cup Fungus Pezizaceae | Brown Cup Fungus Peziza cf repanda | Na a | These are small examples, ~35mm across. | ||
| Disk Fungi Pezizales | Disk Fungus Pyronemataceae | Smooth Disk Fungus Aleurina cf ferruginea | Na a | This example is ~10mm wide | ||
| Fungi (Fungi) - Basidio (Basidiomycota) - Mushroom-forming Fungi (Agaricomycetes) | |||||||
| Gilled Fungi Agaricales | Mushroom Agaricaceae | Bird's Nest Fungus Cyathus stercoreus | Na e m | The little black seed like things in the middle are actually spore casings. And they rely on a rain drops hitting them, bouncing them out of the parent cup to spread the spores and reproduce. That's just cool. | |||
| Gilled Fungi Agaricales | Mushroom Agaricaceae | Puffball Lycoperdon scabrum | Na e m | ||||
| Gilled Fungi Agaricales | Mushroom Agaricaceae | Puffball Vascellum pratense | Na e m a | ||||
| Gilled Fungi Agaricales | Mushroom Amanitaceae | Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria iNaturalist | If a | Similar Species: Vermilion Grisette (Amanita xanthocephala) Thank you CesDaMess & Konan Farrelly-Horsfall for confirming the id of this species for us | |||
| Gilled Fungi Agaricales | Mushroom Amanitaceae | Golden Mushroom Amanita sp | Na a |
This species is in the Grisella Group According to fia-3-basidio-agarico-I.pdf "The species in this group are difficult to separate using macroscopic features" We were able to monitor this specimen daily to record it's rapid growth, as well as see the earlier stages of the one next to it once the first was found. As such, the photo's are in chronological order. Unusually (compared to other mushrooms we've found), this one wasn't eaten by springtails. So many other species we saw one day and were gone the next. | |||
| Gilled Fungi Agaricales | Mushroom Amanitaceae | Vermilion Grisette Amanita xanthocephala | Na a | Similar Species: Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) | |||
| Gilled Fungi Agaricales | Mushroom Hygrophoraceae | Red Mushroom Hygrocybe miniata | Na a | Thank you Karin Elizabeth Dawson for identifying and Michal Dutkiewicz for helping with the id of this species for us | |||
| Gilled Fungi Agaricales | Split Gill Schizophyllaceae | Split Gill Schizophyllum commune | Na e m | ||||
| Gilled Fungi Agaricales | Mushroom Tricholomataceae | Red Mushroom Laccaria sp | Na a | Thank you Karin Elizabeth Dawson for identifying this species for us | |||
| Gilled Fungi Agaricales | Mushroom Tricholomataceae | Nargan's Bonnet Mycena cf nargan | Na a | Thank you Karin Elizabeth Dawson for identifying this species for us | |||
| Earth Star Geastrales | Earth Star Geastraceae | Earthstar Geastrum sp iNaturalist | Na e m | Thank you Chris Seager for confirming the id of this species for us Only 10mm across | |||
| Gloeophyllales | Bracket Gloeophyllaceae | Brown Bracket Gloeophyllum sp iNaturalist | Na e m | Thank you Mark Ridgeway for identifying this species for us Probably the most beautiful fungus we've found; beautiful ochre colours. These photos are of different specimens in (what we think is) age sequence. | |||
| Gomphales | Coral Gomphaceae | Cauliflower Coral Fungi Ramaria capitata var capitata | Na a | ||||
| Pored Fungi Polyporales | Pored Fungus Polyporaceae | Scarlet Bracket Pycnoporus coccineus | Na e m |
Thank you Karin Elizabeth Dawson for identifying this species for us | |||
| Sebacinales | Sebacinaceae Sebacinaceae | Ground Hugging Fungus Sebacinaceae sp iNaturalist | Na a | Thank you Dr Tom May for identifying this species for us Dr Tom May said "This could be a Sebacina or related genus". But microscopic examination is required to differentiate | |||
| Fungi (Fungi) - Basidio (Basidiomycota) - Ball Fungi (Basidiomycetes) | ||||||||
| Ball Fungi Boletales | Earth Ball Sclerodermataceae | Horse Dung Fungus Pisolithus arhizus | Na m | |||||
| Ball Fungi Boletales | Earth Ball Sclerodermataceae | Earthball Scleroderma citrinum | Na a | |||||
| Coral Fungi Cantharellales | Coral Fungus Clavariaceae | Yellow Club Ramariopsis simplex | Na a |
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| Fungi Cortinariales | Mushroom Cortinariaceae | Spectacular Rustgill Gymnopilus junonius | Na a |
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| Fungi (Fungi) - Basidio (Basidiomycota) - Rust Fungi (Pucciniomycetes) | ||||||
| Rusts Pucciniales | Bluebush Rust Aecidium | Bluebush Rust Aecidium sp | Na e m | Thank you Dr Tom May for identifying this species for us It is growing on Rosy Bluebush (Maireana erioclada) Graham Patterson said "This is one of the spore-producing life cycle stages of a rust fungus. The different stages have in the past been given different names and this would be called a species of Aecidium. But now that the names are beginning to be sorted out this would probably be a Puccinia species." | ||
| Fungi (Fungi) - Chytridio (Chytridiomycota) - Rust Fungi (Chytridiomycetes) | |||||||
| Rusts Chytridiales | Crowfoot Rust Synchytriaceae | Common Crowfoot Rust Synchytrium papillatum iNaturalist | If e m |
Thank you Sofia Zvolanek for confirming the id of this species for us This rust is growing on Common Crowfoot (Erodium cicutarium) which is an introduced species. We believe each species of this type of fungus evolves to only grow on one plant species. As such, this species of fungus must also be introduced? | |||
| Fungi (Fungi) - Zygote Fungi (Zygomycota) - Insect Pathogen (Entomophthoromycetes) | |||||||
| Insect Pathogen Entomophthorales | Entomopathogenic Entomophthoraceae | Fly Death Fungi Entomophthora muscae iNaturalist | Na e m |
Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli & Dr Brian Lovett for confirming the id of this species for us | |||
| Protozoa (Protozoa) - Amoebas (Amoebozoa) - Plasmodial Slime Molds (Myxogastrea) | |||||||
| Slime Molds Liceida | Slime Mold Tubiferaceae | Red Raspberry Slime Mould Tubifera cf ferruginosa iNaturalist | Na a |
Thank you Teresa Van Der Heul for confirming the id of this species for us We thought someone had dropped a lolly on the ground, and it turned out to be one of the most primitive life forms we've discovered. | |||
| Slime Molds Myxogastrea | Slime Mold Myxogastrea | Black Slime Mould Myxogastrea sp | Na e m | Thank you Teresa Van Der Heul for helping with the id of this species for us This is the only slime mould we've seen on Ellura, but until we see it again and get a microscopic examination of it, we won't be able to identify it further. Teresa said "I do not believe this is Tubulifera sp. due to the way it is dehiscencing on the right; nor do I think its Lamproderma sp. as there is no clear iridescence showing, which leaves me to think it may be a Badhamia sp. but without microscopic examination I am not prepared to name it" | |||
| Slime Molds Physarida | Slime Mold Physaraceae | Sulphur Slime Mould Fuligo septica iNaturalist | Na a |
Thank you Terra Occ for confirming the id of this species for us As you can see from the photo's, transitioning from fruiting bodies to "dried up" is incredibly fast. 15 hours, from 19:40 one evening to 10:40 next morning. | |||
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