With a forecast of lots of rain from late morning, dragged the body out earlier than normal - quick breakfast and drove up to Beach Road access to Seven Mile Beach NP. Did not even have coffee
A few native violets flowering - the mission is autumn orchids and as it has been wet there will be mushrooms
Growing on a tree
Greenhood rosette a little closer into the track than I have seen. It is going to be a bumper season
Mini mushrooms - the domed one is the size of a US penny. With the glossy tops, they are hard to photograph
Mosquito orchid leaves - there will be a lot of flowers this season too
Fungus formed on a tree stump. Easy to visualise rotating it to create a map of Australia
Mushroom the size of a saucer - 2nd type and 3rd seen - 1st photo was not in focus enough
Big enough to get underneath
Got a feeling these are ghost mushrooms - they glow - and they are edible
First flowering orchid of the day - pixie caps orchid - acianthus fornicatus
5th type of mushroom
A colony of 6th mushroom at the foot of a tree
First time able to get low enough to get a photo of the pixie caps orchid with its column - the yellow splash
Not expert enough to say this is different to one of the last two white mushrooms. It does look like it has come up more of a cone than the others - the symmetrical shape is special
Underside
Do know this is different. Top is the size of a US penny. The red is intense and the glossiness makes for hard camera work
Central colour and external ribbing suggests this is different to the previous ghost orchids
A coral fungal form
Did find the first of these for the season - leaves on the spike tell me it is a cobra greenhood. Cannot recall seeing them here before. Not fully open.
This mushroom is one we have seen before on the walk. The insect - a fly of some type - is new
Walked up to a fall down tree a little off the track - these twin mushrooms have great colour and arched backs
This one looks like a beach parasol. Took a while to adjust settings to get the hood of the mushroom looking OK. The camera does like to grab the light reflecting off the top
Keeping with the theme of adjusting mushroom photos - this one was like that too without being wet on top
These did - the photos I took from the top from both sides of the tree did not work. The underside was the only one worth saving - there is stuff in focus.
Crossed to the track on the other side of the car park
Helmet orchid budding - spurred helmet orchid - no spurs showing
Dud find a cobra greenhood - side on photos were poor in low light - top down shows a bit why it us called a cobra orchid - the arched back, the hood and the colour
The next mushroom type
Berry ready just down the road from the town of Berry
Next mushroom type - brown - looks like one of those puffy ones
Spurs just showing - corysanthes aconitiflorus
Greenhood rosette - the length of the stalk suggests nodding greenhood - no buds found
Found a nice colony of cobra greenhoods - two in frame
Side on photo of pterostylis grandiflora showing the labellum
When I got home, I found that Alan Stephenson who wrote the guide book I use down here passed away today - aged 80. This photo is dedicated to his memory. You see - my first ever orchid walk in the Blue Mountains was with him and a mutual friend. A lot of what I know I learned from him that day. In 3 hours he showed me exactly what to look for. RIP Alan.
A little more side on
Could not get low enough to catch the tip of the labellum
Greenhood rosettes - a known spot for blunt greenhoods - maybe 100 plants now - last year - 50
Walked to the dead sector and turned back - pink mushroom
Nodding greenhood rosettes
Copper top mushroom - got to have reached 10 types today again
Fungal slime form on a tree - fun textures
More ghost mushrooms. Best part is I got the steps in place without rain. Found a new season orchid fully open. And the one leech on my boots did not get anywhere
Did strim the lawns ahead of the rain
Spent the afternoon working on new internet marketing ideas. Created a new bonus report on storytelling for email marketing. First few steps were easy. Making a video course was a little harder.
Script: easy
Slides: easy
Edit slide sizes: easy.
AI voice easy on Pictory.AI free - but they allow 3 videos and I need 5. Tried a tool I have previously bought - Wave.video. it created scenes fine. It generated a voice over fine. BUT it chopped the voice track up and could not sync with slides. Spent too king wrestling - tricky product to use with crap help system. Waste of the afternoon.
Dinner: Turned Thai Crab Fried rice into Malaysian version - yep fry an egg and break that over the rice. Then add some chilli sauce.
Awake late for markets open. Bought NXE.TO. Adjusted GCI. Sold puts on CCJ, CDE, PAAS, SLV
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Happy new week boss, these plants are beautiful. It' just rained over here. Lovely work
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We have hade 17 inches so far this month and still raining. Stand flat on the ground and hold your hand flat above your ankle. That much