Ferns, fungi, and slime!
If you go into the woods today … you never know what you’ll find if you really take a look! … Continue reading Ferns, fungi, and slime!
Category: Close-up
Macro and close-up images.
Bee Happy
A busy little native bee collecting nectar and pollinating Paper Daisies in the sunshine. These flowers are in a pot … Continue reading Bee Happy
Fractured frame
While washing my mountain bike after an epic 20km ride a few Sundays ago, I noticed a crack developing in … Continue reading Fractured frame
snails pace
I might be slow, but let’s not forget I carry a house on my back!To help me grow, I have … Continue reading snails pace
Fungi, moss, slime-mold
Sunday afternoon I headed down to the rivulet. In the first two hours I saw nothing I considered worth photographing, … Continue reading Fungi, moss, slime-mold
Maroonhood Orchids
(4 images) – Pterostylis pedunculata (I think) – Similar but smaller than the Orchid in my previous post, the dark … Continue reading Maroonhood Orchids
Nodding Greenhood
(5 images, click to enlarge) – I was lucky to find a small group greenhood orchids nodding in the wind … Continue reading Nodding Greenhood
Bird Orchids
(8 photos, click to enlarge) – These small Chiloglottis triceratops orchids grow close to the ground and can be hard … Continue reading Bird Orchids
Amazing Agates
(11 images, click to zoom) – 180 million year old fossil fern roots from Lune River in southern Tasmania – … Continue reading Amazing Agates
Forest fire first fungi
This post focus’ on some fungi I’ve found over a few weeks. I’ve been looking closely at the burnt earth, … Continue reading Forest fire first fungi
Bug eating plant …
At first glance, these small innocuous plants could easily be overlooked, in fact, I thought initially they were a type … Continue reading Bug eating plant …
Orchid – Corybas diemenicus
While waterfall hunting, I thought at first these were small fungi… until I looked closer. Turns out it is known … Continue reading Orchid – Corybas diemenicus
Blue Tongue Lizard
Spotted first by trail dog Benny-Boy, this Blue Tongue Lizard was somewhat camera shy. Though he poked his blue tongue … Continue reading Blue Tongue Lizard
Orchid – Pterostylis williamsonii
(5 photos, click to enlarge) – There are three Pterostylis orchids that are very similar, I think I have identified … Continue reading Orchid – Pterostylis williamsonii
Orchid – Chiloglottis triceratops
(4 images, click to enlarge) – Second find of the day, these low lying orchid are scattered in large clumps … Continue reading Orchid – Chiloglottis triceratops
Orchid – Pterostylis pedunculata
(4 photos, click to enlarge) – Instead of going for a ride, I set off for another walk, nose to … Continue reading Orchid – Pterostylis pedunculata
Back with blooms
Wow! It’s been over three weeks since I last posted. So what happened? Less screen time and more life. Covid … Continue reading Back with blooms
An unexpected surprise
(5 photos, click to zoom) – A break from the Mycena blues with some other colourful fungi finds this week … Continue reading An unexpected surprise
A week of fading blues
Every day for a week now I’ve revisited my lucky fungi find to record it’s fate. The following seven photos … Continue reading A week of fading blues
Too blue
These two shots feature a younger bright blue Mycena sheltering under the cap of an elder. I feel so fortunate … Continue reading Too blue
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