Posted in Fungi, Fungi Photos, Mushrooms, Mycology, Natural History, Scientists, tagged Fungi, fungi on log, fungi on tree trunk, fungi photos, mushrooms on April 10, 2015| Leave a Comment »
A troupe of orange-brown mushrooms on a fallen tree trunk. The tree fell in a destructive summer storm in November 2014. The fungi mycelium must have colonised the wood rather quickly (I’m presuming as 6 months seems rather quick for a fungus to infiltrate a tree trunk and produce fruiting bodies – mushrooms).
Posted in Fungi, Fungi Photos, Microbiology, Mushrooms, Mycology, Natural History, tagged Fungi, fungi forays, fungi photos, fungi spotting on April 10, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Fungi, Fungi Photos, Microbiology, Mycology, Natural History, tagged earth star fungi, earth stars, Fungi, fungi photos on April 10, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Fungi, Fungi Photos, Microbiology, Mushrooms, Mycology, Natural History, tagged Fungi, fungi photos, mushrooms, red fungi, Stinkhorn fungi on April 8, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Fungi, Fungi Photos, Microbiology, Mushrooms, Mycology, Natural History, tagged fairy rings, Fungi, fungi forays, fungi photos, fungi spotting on April 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Natural History, Water Dragons, Wildlife Photos, tagged Australian native wildlife, turtles, water dragons on April 6, 2015| Leave a Comment »
I am fascinated by reptiles. I was lucky to observe and photograph some Australian Water Dragons up close and a Brisbane River Turtle basking in the lunchtime sun.
Posted in Fungi, Fungi Photos, Microbiology, Mushrooms, Mycology, Natural History, tagged Fungi, fungi forays, fungi photos, fungi spotting, Stinkhorn fungi on April 5, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Birds, Natural History, Wildlife Photos, tagged Australian native birds, Australian native wildlife, Birds, moor hens on April 2, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Over the last few weeks I have had the wonderful opportunity to observe three Moorhen (genus Gallinula) chicks as they have grown. When I first saw the three chicks they were very small and downy, with small underdeveloped wings. Almost everyday as I had my lunch break by the lake, I could hear the chicks squawking and observe them progress through not being able to feed themselves to feeding themselves, timidly approaching and getting into the water, and recently feeding alongside their parents on the grassy lake bank. The chicks have grown so much and seem to be comfortable with people around them. Hopefully over the coming weeks I can observe them grow further and develop their adult plumage.
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