Excursion to  Poimena Reserve,  6 June 2009

Poimena Reserve is in the northern suburbs of Hobart, Tasmania.
 

'Field nats' ready to set out - the weather was not very cheery, but we were!

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The wet weather was excellent for fungi.

This is a *Dermocybe austroveneta.

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[Note: * denotes a Fungimap target species]

 

A puffball, Geastrum triplex.

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Harry with his find of *Xerula australis.

(Formerly known as Oudemansiella radicata var. australis )

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*Amanita xanthocephala.
The usual Amanita ring is absent in this species.

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A cricket, Parvotettix nr domesticus.

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Ozothamnus scutellifolium with leaves like little shields.

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Admiring a eucalypt in the mist at the top of the park. 

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Helena with her Coprinus disseminatus find.

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Macrolepiota clelandii.

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Probably a bolete fungus.

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Gill detail of Oudemansiella radiata.

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Heading back down the park, with the Derwent River and Mt Direction in the distance.

The clear fairways are used for the game of Disc Golf,
where a frisbee is thrown to a series of these strange looking targets. 

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Photos by Amanda Thomson, Geoff Fenton, Michael Driessen