Ellura Sanctuary, Swan Reach, SA, 5354
                      
 
Stat'NotesThumbnails: 150.   46 native species listed, with 27 from Ellura
Fungi (Fungi) - Sac Fungi (Ascomycota) - Lichenised Fungi (Lecanoromycetes)
Lichens
Agyriales
  (1 species
    1 from Ellura)
Lichen
Thelotremataceae
  (1 species
    1 from Ellura)
Mouldy Milk
Diploschistes ocellatus
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Young
Fruiting & Size
Lichens
Lecanorales
  (11 species
    11 from Ellura)
Spindle Lichen
Cladoniaceae
  (2 species
    2 from Ellura)
Spiny Moss Lichen
Cladia aggregata


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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.
🔍Mass
🔍Fuiting Bodies
🔍Size
🔍Habitat
Lichens
Lecanorales
  (11 species
    11 from Ellura)
Spindle Lichen
Cladoniaceae
  (2 species
    2 from Ellura)
Rhizinate Lichen
Cladia muelleri


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Thank you Sofia Zvolanek for confirming the id of this species for us
 
🔍Fresh
🔍Older
Lichens
Lecanorales
  (11 species
    11 from Ellura)
Lichen
Parmeliaceae
  (6 species
    6 from Ellura)
Green Cups
Flavoparmelia rutidota
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On branch, profile
On trunk, close up, ~1-10mm
On trunk, above
Lichens
Lecanorales
  (11 species
    11 from Ellura)
Lichen
Parmeliaceae
  (6 species
    6 from Ellura)
Beard Lichen
Usnea sp


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Thank you Aidan Beutel for confirming the id of this species for us
 
🔍Whole
🔍Fruiting Body (lower left)
Lichens
Lecanorales
  (11 species
    11 from Ellura)
Lichen
Parmeliaceae
  (6 species
    6 from Ellura)
Green Fans
Xanthoparmelia cheelii
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Lichens
Lecanorales
  (11 species
    11 from Ellura)
Lichen
Parmeliaceae
  (6 species
    6 from Ellura)
Green Noodles
Xanthoparmelia convoluta
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Patch
Topside
Under
Size
Lichens
Lecanorales
  (11 species
    11 from Ellura)
Lichen
Parmeliaceae
  (6 species
    6 from Ellura)
Brown Noodles
Xanthoparmelia neodelisei
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Looks a bit like emu droppings when walking past.
Lichens
Lecanorales
  (11 species
    11 from Ellura)
Lichen
Parmeliaceae
  (6 species
    6 from Ellura)
Resurrection Lichen
Xanthoparmelia semiviridis


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SynonymChondropsis semiviridis

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 our 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!
Moist
Partially Dried
🔍Several Moist
Lichens
Lecanorales
  (11 species
    11 from Ellura)
Lichen
Psoraceae
  (3 species
    3 from Ellura)
Green Scale
Heterodea beaugleholei


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Thank you Sofia Zvolanek for confirming the id of this species for us
 
🔍Patch
🔍Size
Lichens
Lecanorales
  (11 species
    11 from Ellura)
Lichen
Psoraceae
  (3 species
    3 from Ellura)
Crystal Scale
Psora crystallifera


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SynonymEremastrella crystallifera

Thank you Dr Annie Evankow for confirming the id of this species for us
 
🔍Close
🔍Perspective
Lichens
Lecanorales
  (11 species
    11 from Ellura)
Lichen
Psoraceae
  (3 species
    3 from Ellura)
Blushing Scale
Psora decipiens


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Other Common NameSalmon Flakes

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
  (7 species
    5 from Ellura)
Lichen
Physciaceae
  (2 species
    2 from Ellura)
Polka Dot Limestone
Buellia georgei
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Close up
Patch & Size
Lichens
Teloschistales
  (7 species
    5 from Ellura)
Lichen
Physciaceae
  (2 species
    2 from Ellura)
White Cups
Physcia rolandii
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Lichens
Teloschistales
  (7 species
    5 from Ellura)
Lichen
Teloschistaceae
  (5 species
    3 from Ellura)
Cranfield's Sulphur Lichen
Gyalolechia cranfieldii


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SynonymFulgensia cranfieldii

Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us

~18mm wide (highly variable, just our latest photo was this wide).
We have a lot of these over Ellura.
Unlike sulphur slime mould, this doesn't come up yellow, then go brown. It stays this colour for weeks/months. We've not observed one for a long period of time, but it's so widespread, it never seems to change.
We thought the black spots were fruiting bodies, but they are just sand particles. The fruiting bodies are orange.
Imaged in Jun, Jul, Aug & Nov.
🔍Whole
🔍Whole
🔍Close
🔍Fruiting Bodies
Lichens
Teloschistales
  (7 species
    5 from Ellura)
Lichen
Teloschistaceae
  (5 species
    3 from Ellura)
Orange Buttons
Jackelixia filsonii
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SynonymXanthoria filsonii
 
Patch
Patch
Size
Lichens
Teloschistales
  (7 species
    5 from Ellura)
Lichen
Teloschistaceae
  (5 species
    3 from Ellura)
Orange Cups
Jackelixia streimannii
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SynonymXanthoria streimannii
 
Lichens
Teloschistales
  (7 species
    5 from Ellura)
Lichen
Teloschistaceae
  (5 species
    3 from Ellura)
Orange Eyelashes
Teloschistes chrysophthalmus
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Size
Lichens
Teloschistales
  (7 species
    5 from Ellura)
Lichen
Teloschistaceae
  (5 species
    3 from Ellura)
Grassy Buttons
Teloschistes sieberianus
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Fungi (Fungi) - Sac Fungi (Ascomycota) - Cup Fungi (Leotiomycetes)
Earth Tongues
Geoglossales
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Earth Tongue
Geoglossaceae
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Earth Tongue
Geoglossum sp
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Thank you Robert Lawrence for identifying this species for us
 
"Front" or Eastern Side
"Rear" or Western Side
Height ~30mm
Cup Fungi
Helotiales
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Cup Fungus
Helotiaceae
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Orange Cup Fungus
Discinella terrestris
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Other Common NameEarth Buttons

Thank you Michal Dutkiewicz for identifying this species for us
 
Small Patch, ~2-10mm heads
Cupping & Texture
Profile

Fungi (Fungi) - Sac Fungi (Ascomycota) - Disk Fungi (Pezizomycetes)
Disk Fungi
Pezizales
  (2 species
    0 from Ellura)
Cup Fungus
Pezizaceae
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Brown Cup Fungus
Peziza cf repanda
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These are small examples, ~35mm across.
🔍
Disk Fungi
Pezizales
  (2 species
    0 from Ellura)
Disk Fungus
Pyronemataceae
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Smooth Disk Fungus
Aleurina cf ferruginea
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This example is ~10mm wide

Fungi (Fungi) - Basidio (Basidiomycota) - Mushroom-forming Fungi (Agaricomycetes)
Gilled Fungi
Agaricales
  (10 species
    4 from Ellura)
Mushroom
Agaricaceae
  (3 species
    3 from Ellura)
Bird's Nest Fungus
Cyathus stercoreus
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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.
🔍Troop
Baby
Immature
Profile
Mature
Old
Gilled Fungi
Agaricales
  (10 species
    4 from Ellura)
Mushroom
Agaricaceae
  (3 species
    3 from Ellura)
Puffball
Lycoperdon scabrum
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Young, ~15mm diameter
Older
Finished
Gilled Fungi
Agaricales
  (10 species
    4 from Ellura)
Mushroom
Agaricaceae
  (3 species
    3 from Ellura)
Puffball
Vascellum pratense
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Young
"I'm sure there's a door here somewhere"
Gilled Fungi
Agaricales
  (10 species
    4 from Ellura)
Mushroom
Amanitaceae
  (3 species
    0 from Ellura)
Fly Agaric
Amanita muscaria


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Similar Species: Vermilion Grisette (Amanita xanthocephala)
Thank you CesDaMess & Konan Farrelly-Horsfall for confirming the id of this species for us
 
🔍Profile
Gilled Fungi
Agaricales
  (10 species
    4 from Ellura)
Mushroom
Amanitaceae
  (3 species
    0 from Ellura)
Golden Mushroom
Amanita sp
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Other Common NameSatin Mushroom

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.
🔍~60mm wide
🔍Gills, using a mirror
Just crowning (different specimen)
Starting to split, 2nd day
Stem, ~16mm
Splitting further, 3rd day
Height, ~60mm
Starting to age, above
Starting to age, profile
Shrivelled up, 14th day
Gilled Fungi
Agaricales
  (10 species
    4 from Ellura)
Mushroom
Amanitaceae
  (3 species
    0 from Ellura)
Vermilion Grisette
Amanita xanthocephala
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Similar Species: Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) 
Profile
🔍Above, ~20mm diameter
Gilled Fungi
Agaricales
  (10 species
    4 from Ellura)
Mushroom
Hygrophoraceae
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Red Mushroom
Hygrocybe miniata
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Thank you Karin Elizabeth Dawson for identifying and Michal Dutkiewicz for helping with the id of this species for us
 
Young, profile
🔍Patch
Older, profile, ~18mm, with springtail
🔍Gills, with mirror
Gills, profile
Older, profile
Being eaten by springtails
Gilled Fungi
Agaricales
  (10 species
    4 from Ellura)
Split Gill
Schizophyllaceae
  (1 species
    1 from Ellura)
Split Gill
Schizophyllum commune
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🔍Several, above
🔍Several, under
🔍Close up
Gilled Fungi
Agaricales
  (10 species
    4 from Ellura)
Mushroom
Tricholomataceae
  (2 species
    0 from Ellura)
Red Mushroom
Laccaria sp
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Thank you Karin Elizabeth Dawson for identifying this species for us
 
Profile
Above
Gills
Gilled Fungi
Agaricales
  (10 species
    4 from Ellura)
Mushroom
Tricholomataceae
  (2 species
    0 from Ellura)
Nargan's Bonnet
Mycena cf nargan
Na
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Thank you Karin Elizabeth Dawson for identifying this species for us
 
Profile
Above
Gills
🔍A Pair, profile
A Pair, Gills
Earth Star
Geastrales
  (1 species
    1 from Ellura)
Earth Star
Geastraceae
  (1 species
    1 from Ellura)
Earthstar
Geastrum sp


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Thank you Chris Seager for confirming the id of this species for us

Only 10mm across
🔍Above
🔍Profile
🔍Under
Gloeophyllales
  (1 species
    1 from Ellura)
Bracket
Gloeophyllaceae
  (1 species
    1 from Ellura)
Brown Bracket
Gloeophyllum sp


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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.
Youngest? Top
Under
🔍Middle Aged? Top
Under
Size
Old? Top
Under
Ancient? Top
Under
Petrified? Top
Under
Gomphales
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Coral
Gomphaceae
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Cauliflower Coral Fungi
Ramaria capitata var capitata
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Pored Fungi
Polyporales
  (1 species
    1 from Ellura)
Pored Fungus
Polyporaceae
  (1 species
    1 from Ellura)
Scarlet Bracket
Pycnoporus coccineus
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Other Common NameOrange Bracket Fungus

Thank you Karin Elizabeth Dawson for identifying this species for us
 
🔍Above
🔍Under
🔍Same Speciment, 6m before, above
Profile
🔍In seam
Sebacinales
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Sebacinaceae
Sebacinaceae
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Ground Hugging Fungus
Sebacinaceae sp


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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
  (2 species
    0 from Ellura)
Earth Ball
Sclerodermataceae
  (2 species
    0 from Ellura)
Horse Dung Fungus
Pisolithus arhizus
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A good common name
Ball Fungi
Boletales
  (2 species
    0 from Ellura)
Earth Ball
Sclerodermataceae
  (2 species
    0 from Ellura)
Earthball
Scleroderma citrinum
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Complete side
🔍Split side
🔍Surface texture
Inside Split
Coral Fungi
Cantharellales
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Coral Fungus
Clavariaceae
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Yellow Club
Ramariopsis simplex
Na
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SynonymsClavaria amoena or Clavulinopsis amoena

Other Common NameYellow Fingers
 
Young
Older, drying
A week later
Size, ~20mm
Fungi
Cortinariales
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Mushroom
Cortinariaceae
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Spectacular Rustgill
Gymnopilus junonius
Na
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Other Common NamesLaughing Gym or Laughing Jim
 
Whole
Surface texture
Gills

Fungi (Fungi) - Basidio (Basidiomycota) - Rust Fungi (Pucciniomycetes)
Rusts
Pucciniales
  (1 species
    1 from Ellura)
Bluebush Rust
Aecidium
  (1 species
    1 from Ellura)
Bluebush Rust
Aecidium sp
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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
  (1 species
    1 from Ellura)
Crowfoot Rust
Synchytriaceae
  (1 species
    1 from Ellura)
Common Crowfoot Rust
Synchytrium papillatum


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Other Common NameStork's-bill Chytrid

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
  (1 species
    1 from Ellura)
Entomopathogenic
Entomophthoraceae
  (1 species
    1 from Ellura)
Fly Death Fungi
Entomophthora muscae


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SynonymComplex Entomophthora muscae

Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli & Dr Brian Lovett for confirming the id of this species for us
 
🔍Whole
🔍Close Up

Protozoa (Protozoa) - Amoebas (Amoebozoa) - Plasmodial Slime Molds (Myxogastrea)
Slime Molds
Liceida
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Slime Mold
Tubiferaceae
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Red Raspberry Slime Mould
Tubifera cf ferruginosa


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Other Common NameSlime Mould

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.
🔍Whole
Slime Molds
Myxogastrea
  (1 species
    1 from Ellura)
Slime Mold
Myxogastrea
  (1 species
    1 from Ellura)
Black Slime Mould
Myxogastrea sp
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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"
Patch
Close up
Slime Molds
Physarida
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Slime Mold
Physaraceae
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Sulphur Slime Mould
Fuligo septica


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Other Common NamesDog's Vomit Slime Mould, Flowers of tan or Scrambled Egg slime

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.
Close up
~100mm wide
15 hours later next morning
Close up

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