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[Mystic]

Tasmania abounds in a diverse range of mushrooms and fungus. We are constantly amazed by the variety we find in our travels, ranging from microscopic varieties to things that are huge.

I love taking pics of mushrooms, even though the kindws of places they usually like to hide makes it very difficult to get the light and setting right. All too often I get back home to find the shots just did not work out, which only makes me more detirmined to get better shots next time.

My knowledge of mushrooms is low, so I am hoping that we have a friendly mycologist or two lurking about who may be able to provide more info. If you have any shots of mushrooms or fungus, please share them with us and tell us what you may know about the species.

The first shot is a Fly Agaric (Amanita Muscaria). This mushroom has a rich cultural history, having been used by many ancient cultures as a means of communicating with their Gods. It was also the mushroom that inspired many mushroom cults to hold this beastie with reverance. The mushroom does have hallucinogenic properties, but unless you really know what you are doing, it is not recommended. There are similar looking species that are more deadly growing alongside these, and a white variety that is poisonous even if you simply touch it. These too are often found growing together with the Fly.

The following mushrooms, fungus, and lichen were found growing at the start of the track to Montezuma Falls. We only explored the fist couple of hundred metres of the track on the day these were taken, and could easily have spent all day just looking at the diverse range of things we discovered there.

The mushrooms in this shot are incredibly tiny. The heads are about 2-3 mm across and the stems about 5 mm long. Thankfully I had my macro filters with me when we discovered these.

This one is probably a variety of lichen. I really liked the protrusions that sprouted from it.

Other mushrooms and fungus we found along the Montezuma track...

Will post more shots as we find new varieties, in the meantime, please feel free to add your shots or info to this thread.

[Shane V]

When we went to Cradle Mountain NP on the weekend we found heaps of mushrooms and fungi all over the park.  here are some of the ones we spotted.

[tassiesim]

Ohhh look at them all, arnt they beautiful and a blue one too wow,
your getting quite a collection happening here ,
I saw a red one on the weekend will post it after for you too see

[tassiesim]

Found this litle red guy at Hollybank on sunday not my best photography but wow wasnt I excited to find my own smurf house

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[Mystic]

Cute little fly Sim, well spotted.

[Shane V]

you found one.  Very cute Sim.

[Mystic]

A few more that we found around Cradle Mt NP on Sunday.
  
  

[tassiesim]

What a collection, you know until I joined real Tasmnia and also stared taking macro photo i had no idea that mushrooms and toadstools came in so many different types,
thanks again for broadening my horizons
Here are a few i found last weekend while at Notley Gorge just out of Launceston

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[tassiesim]

and a few more , I had so much fun looking for these and taking there photos, Some of the shots arnt the clearest etc but well i still like them for what they are and hope you do too

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[Mystic]

Some very nice shots in there Sim. I know how tricky some of these can be to get crisp shots of, especially the smallones that like to hide in dark places. Often we find ourselves spending more time looking for mushrooms now than at the bigger landscapes around us. There definitely is an amazing diversity of fungus out there.

Grabbed a few new varieties ourselves the other day and will post them some time over the next few days.

[Shane V]

Really cool shots Sim.  I particularly like the first one in the second post.  I'll check out the bookwe got from the library the other dy to see If We can identify ssome of these for you.  Thanks for sharing.

[Shane V]

Here are a couple of shots of mushies we found at Guide Falls.  These were on the hill above the waterfall.

[islandhome]

Fantastic photo!!! I just love fungi! I have found some really interesting ones around here too.....
This is geostar. I have found a couple of places it pops up on our property. Looks like an eye ball! it is a member of the puffball family.

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[Mystic]

Nice shot there I remember seeing the geostar in a book one day and thinking to myself that I would love to come across one in nature... very next day I did

[Shane V]

Cool shot IH Nothing like a nice fungi

[Cascade]

Spotted these while stacking some wood. They start off as a minute grey spore as can be seen in the photo. Some of the fungi that have opened are less than a small pin head in size the largest that can be seen in the group of 8 (5th from the left or 4th from the right) measured 4mm across the rim.

[Shane V]

Very cool little shrooms Cascade///well spotted and shot.

[Mystic]

Great shot, and cute fungi

[exislegirl]

Gorgeous - such delicate little parasols!

Natalie