Species of the Month: Cannonball Fungus

Posted at 26 Jul 2022 at 09:28h in Species of the month, Fascinating Fungi, News by Sheryl Holliday

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Winter is a great time for getting outdoors and exploring the different types of fungi in your region. Whether it’s in pine plantation, native bush, open paddocks, or even in your own backyard, you'll see mushrooms popping up everywhere. On a recent fungi photography hunt, I...

Sugar Gliders and Ghost Mushrooms – another diverse day at Kurrawonga

Posted at 20 Feb 2020 at 18:19h in Fascinating Fungi, Kurrawonga, News, Volunteer by Nicole Mojonnier

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The weather has been a little crazy this summer and has definitely affected the life at Kurrawonga. The recent heavy summer rains have led to an explosion of the fungi world including one large ghost mushroom colony. Sadly, the hot days very early in the summer...

Kurrawonga’s two-tailed lizard and other exciting discoveries!

Posted at 26 Jul 2019 at 08:52h in Fascinating Fungi, Kurrawonga, News, Our Blog, Reptiles, Volunteer by Lu-Wei Spinks

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Introducing Kurrawonga’s two-tailed resident! As a self-defence strategy to distract predators, most lizards can drop their tails when hit or stressed. The dropped tail will continue wriggling to catch the predator's attention and allow for the lizard's speedy escape. This self-amputation mechanism is also known...

The fascinating world of fungi!

Posted at 24 Jun 2019 at 21:46h in Fascinating Fungi, Kurrawonga, News, Volunteer by Lu-Wei Spinks

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Saturday 8th June - Our fungi journey began on a beautiful morning in the local Bolwarra bushland in Victoria. Nicole and I joined the Portland Field Naturalists on a fungi survey led by fungi expert and mycologist, Dr Sapphire McMullan-Fisher. Sapphire introduced us to a wide...

More fascinating fungi in our region: White Jelly Fungus, plus hear more about the Octopus Stinkhorn!

Posted at 15 Aug 2018 at 00:36h in Fascinating Fungi, Media, News by Rose Thompson

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As you will have noticed if you've been outdoors in the past couple of months, it's fungi season! For most of the year, we barely cast a thought toward fungi, but when the cooler and wetter weather triggers many species to start fruiting (producing mushrooms) we...

Fascinating Fungi

Species of the Month: Cannonball Fungus

Sugar Gliders and Ghost Mushrooms – another diverse day at Kurrawonga

Kurrawonga’s two-tailed lizard and other exciting discoveries!

The fascinating world of fungi!

More fascinating fungi in our region: White Jelly Fungus, plus hear more about the Octopus Stinkhorn!

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