Hume and Hovell - Henry Angel to the Tunnel

Henry Angel campsite to the Tunnel has plenty of farmland views

Spectacular Rustgill Gymnopilus junonius

Plently of exotic trees making a good autumn show, very European

Sheep on the trail

Bardi Grub pupal case Trictena altripalpis

And back at the toilet block, Trictena altripalpis adult moth

The patterns

Another big chunky moth, not sure yet on this one

Urambi Hills

Views of Bullen and Tidbinbilla Ranges from Urambi

Kurrajong Brachychiton populneus

Fallen seed pods of Kurrajong

A Eucalyptus Tip Bug nymph Amorbus spp.

Female Green form of Yellow-winged Locust Gastrimargus musicus

Not a native, but it was delicious.

Mushrooms!

Canberra just had a good couple of days of rain, so now there are mushrooms. All these were growing near Pines Pinus radiata and other European trees by Lake Burley Griffin.

These are some kind of Bolete, I'm going with Weeping Bolete Suillus granulatus- speckled stem, no ring on stem, colour of flesh light yellow to white.

This particular mushroom had a resident fly that would not move off whilst being photographed. It did seem a little edgy though, and after a while it flew at me in a defensive attack. Its likely to be a male fly from the heleomyzidae family, defending his mushroom against other males.

Shaggy Ink Cap Coprinus comatus.

Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria.  These are well known around Canberra.

Death Caps Amanita phalloides. They were large and shone a beautiful brass gold in the sun and were quite attractive.

There was a smaller one:

And an older specimen approx. 15 cm across the cap:

The membranous skirt

White flesh inside.

Here they are looking innocent enough from a distance.

The mushrooms were also growing out of an obvious white cup-like vulva at the base.

Casuarina Sands

Correa reflexa in flower along the track to Bulgar Creek.  Some plants with red and yellow flowers, some light green.

Occurrence of fasciation in a stem of  Bursaria spinosa.  this is the first example I've seen in Bursaria, having previously seen fasciation only in soft weeds like Plantain Plantago lanceolata.

Plenty of dead River Oaks Casuarina cunninghamiana from the 2003 fires, still a striking sight along the river.

View south along Murrumbidgee River, cleared grazing land on left and Bullen Range on the right.

Cooleman Ridge

Cootamundra Wattle Acacia baileyana in flower now. This Wattle is not originally from the Canberra area and is considered a weed.

Lower leaf stalks are swept back towards the branch

Broadleaf Cumbungi Typha orientalis giving away their seeds now.

View to the west from Cooleman Ridge