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Helen Robertson
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On Peerapper country - Zoologist, Fungi Enthusiast living with 2 Border Collies, 3 Jerseys & a Light Sussex flock! Bushwalking, gardening, sustainable living, mycology, photography.
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And lots of different sun orchids!!
Thelymitra aristata the biggest of the sun orchids. Many were standing tall above the rest of the coastal heath plants. Thelymitra flexuosa yellow with a twisted stem which gives it its name. Thelymitra rubra held between my fingers because very strong wind blowing! Blue with spots is Thelymitra ixioides
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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We found a couple of lovely spider orchids too...
Close shot of Caladenia patersonii with its maroon labelled and long cream coloured petals A paler Caladenia patersonii. They vary quite a bit in colour Another Caladenia patersonii this one with fine red stripes on the petals.
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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And some of the heath flowers....
The very beautiful pink swamp heath (Sprengelia incarnata). Each small branch of this heath is topped with bunches of dark and pale pink flowers. Mauve fluffy flowers of Melaleuca squamea. A very pretty paperbark of tge swampy heath. The Leptospermums were particularly beautiful covered in these gorgeous white flowers. The bright yellow flowers of Hibbertia
October 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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They were stunning and each seemed to have quite a different personality....definitely helped by the hairdos of kangaroo fern lol....
October 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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We also found some nice slime moulds - apologies...I do not yet have a slime mould book to be able to ID them
This one's common name is salmon spawn... and with its bright orange globes it's easy to see why! This dark pink one had several stages along a log. It starts white, then orange, then this dark pink and lastly a dark brown as it matures! Clusters of yellow blobs on stalks make this an interesting slime mould. Lots of delicate white stalks of a commonly found slime mould starting to mature
September 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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...and some more:
More lovely fibe, white gills on this fresh new Hohenbuehelia atrocoerulea Two perfect pink Mycena vinacea (they smell like cucumber!) Perfect in pink... a lovely Clitocybe Little pins ... fresh Vibrissea dura. The caps will turn light brown as they age.
September 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Stunning!!
August 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Love the Lobster Falls walk...and you found some lovelies too!
August 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Oh wow!!
August 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Oh...you are right!! Hahaha.... I'm so used to finding the others!
August 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Then we got back to the car to find this handsome chap chastising his reflections!
Gorgeous Scarlet Robin came and sat on the rear vision mirror... so close! Kept flying at his reflections in the car windows.... Was that a movement inside the car?? Side view...such a handsome fellow!
August 8, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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We stopped at Hellyer Gorge on the way home...may have found more fungi hahaha
Beautiful fuzzy brown top of this Stereum illudens A cluster of horse hoof brackets - looking like rather rough horse hooves! BeautHerecium looking like a piece of coral growing on the bark. Big pagoda fungus - very spectacular! These must be quite long lived... sausage ones a couple of months ago!
August 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Too cool hey!!
August 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Hahaha...you wouldn't have put it near your mouth...it stank...the sponge had been dead for couple days...
July 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM