Hunter Valley Nature Index - Fungi and Slime Moulds

Note: expanding Fungi Blog here


Fungi

Earthstars - Geastrum #25

Luminous (Ghost) fungi - Omphalotus nidiformis #16

Puffball lifecycle #10

Stinkhorn fungi #5

Fungi identification #50


Slime moulds

Species #22

Species #41

Structure #22

Hunter Valley Nature Index - Native Flora and Grasses

Pea Flowers

Bossiaea scolopendria #37

Daviesia ulicifolia - Gorse Bitter-pea #24

Glycine clandestina - Twining Glycine #37

Glycine tabacina #37

Gompholobium latifolium - Broad-leaf Wedge-pea #37

Hardenbergia violacea - Purple Twining-pea #24

Indigofera australis - Native Indigo #24

Jacksonia scorparia - Dogwood #24

Kennedia rubicunda - Dusky Coral-pea #24

Oxylobium ilicfolium - Native Holly or Prickly Shaggy-pea #24

Oxylobium pulteneae - Wiry Shaggy Pea #24

Swainsona galegifolia - Smooth Darling Pea #37

Templetonia stenophylla - Leafy Templetonia #37

Hunter Valley Nature Index - Nature issues and events

Conservation and rehabilitation

River Red Gums, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, in the Hunter Valley #8


Creating habitat

In your backyard #1 - #23 - #28


Change of seasons

Spring #28


Endangered species

River Red Gums, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, in the Hunter Valley #8


Extreme weather

Flood, Hunter River, June 2007 #21

Hunter Valley Nature Index - Orchids

Greenhood Orchids

Bunochilus longifolius - Tall Greenhood #27

Diplodium grandiflora - Superb (or Cobra) Greenhood #52

Hymenochilus muticus - Midget Greenhood #52

Pterostylis curta - Blunt Greenhood #27

Pterostylis nutans - Nodding Greenhood #26 - #27

Pterostylis pedunculata - Maroonhood #27

Taurantha concinna - Trim Greenhood #27

Other Ground Orchids

Acianthus fornicatus - Large Mosquito Orchid or Pixie Caps #20

Calochilus campestris - Copper Beard-orchid #32

Calochilus paludosus - Red Beard-orchid #32

Calochilus robertsonii - Purplish Beard-orchid #32

Chiloglottis reflexa - (OR Chiloglottis diphylla ?) Autum Bird-orchid #20

Chiloglottis formicifera - Ant Orchid #35

Corybas aconitiflorus - Spurred Helmet-orchid #20

Cyanicula caerulea - Blue Caladenia #30

Dipodium punctatum - Blotched Hyacinth Orchid #19

Diuris - Donkey Orchids #19

Lyperanthus suaveolens - Brown Beaks #35

Microtis parviflora - Slender Onion Orchid #35

Petalochilus carneus - Pink Fingers #30

Petalochilus catenatus - White Caladenia or White Fingers #30

Petalochilus pictus - White Fingers #20 - #30

Spiranthes sinensis - Pink Spiral Orchid or Ladies' Tresses #19

Epyphitic Orchids

Bulbophyllum exiguum - Mat Orchid #19

Dendroium speciosum - Rock Orchid or Rock Lily #19


Orchid structure and habits

Flower structure #19

Greenhood structure #26

Greenhood reproduction #26

Mycorrhizas (orchid fungi) #19

Pollination #30 - #26 - #19

Hunter Valley Nature Index - Invertebrates (winged)

Crickets

Striped Raspy Cricket - Paragryllacris combusta #3

Mantids

Orthodera gunnii #18


Wasps

Mud-dauber Wasp - Sceliphron laetum #7

Orange Potter Wasp - Eumenes latreilli #7


Butterflies and their larvae

Dainty Swallowtail - Papilio anactus #6


Miscellaneous winged invertebrates

Lerps and Psyllids #29

Hunter Valley Nature Index - Invertebrates (wingless)

Spiders

Bird Dropping Spider - Calaenia excavata #57

Garden (or Australian) Wolf Spider - Lycosa godeffroyi #13

Golden Orb-weaver Spider - Nephila edulis #4

Redback Spider, Latrodectus hasselti #11

Spiny, Jewel or Christmas Spider - Austracantha minax #15

St Andrew's Cross Spider - Argiope keyserlingi #36


Spider information

Spider courtship and sex #4 - #11 - #36

Spider shedding skin #4

Spider holes in the ground #13

Venomous spiders #11


Miscellaneous wingless invertebrates

Lerps and Psyllids #29

Hunter Valley Nature Index - Reptiles

Snakes

Eastern Brown Snake - Pseudonaja textilis #21 - #54

Red-bellied Black Snake - Pseudechis porphyriacus #21 - #31

Snake habits including hibernation #28 - #21


Lizards

Eastern Bearded Dragon - Pogona barbata #2

Eastern Water Dragon - Physignathus lesueurii #12 - #34

Southern Rainbow Skink - Carlia tetradactyla #17

Lizards in the garden #28


Turtles

Long Necked Turtle - Chelodina longicollis #28

Frogs

Broad-palmed Frog - Litoria latopalmata #51

Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog - Litoria fallax #51

Green Tree Frog - Litoria caerulea #46 #51

Leaf Green Tree Frog - Litoria phyllochroa #51

Lesueur's Tree Frog - Litoria wilcoxi #51

Peron's Tree Frog - Litoria peronii #49 #51

Ornate Burrowing Frog - Opisthodon ornatus #51

Spotted Grass Frog, Limnodynastes tasmaniensis #23 #51

Tyler's (or Laughing) Tree Frog - Litoria Tyleri #51