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Larena Woodmore · @larena

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Heading into Spring, the birds are coming back. Today's prettiest visitor was this Grey Goshawk (white form) - Accipiter novaehollandiae. These are the world's only pure white raptors.
#Tasmania #TasmanianForest #Goshawk #Raptor #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdsOfPrey #WhiteBird

#tasmania #tasmanianforest #goshawk #raptor #birdsofmastodon #birdsofprey #whitebird

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Larena Woodmore · @larena

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Davo and Stevo, the Forest Ravens, were not happy when a Brown Falcon swooped in and stole their rabbit.

Rabbits are feral here, and the birds need to eat, so no matter who wins this is good for the environment.
#Tasmania #TasmanianForest #Raven #Falcon #Nature #Feral #StolenLunch

#tasmania #tasmanianforest #raven #falcon #nature #feral #stolenlunch

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Larena Woodmore · @larena

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A while back, I posted these cute little chocolate custard people fungi but couldn't work out what they were. Turns out they are Ascocoryne sarcoides (Purple Jellydisc) and they exist in many parts of the world.

They're tricky little things because they come in two distinctly different forms:
- Purple discs
- Little custard people that come in strawberry or chocolate variety Note: 'chocolate', 'strawberry' and 'custard' refer to appearance, not edibility or flavour.

I found some discs but no strawberry people. Looking at these two photos side-by-side you wouldn't guess they are the same species.

#Mushtodon #Sporespondence #Mushrooms #Fungi #Tasmania #TasmanianForest #PurpleFungi #Biodiversity

#mushtodon #sporespondence #mushrooms #fungi #tasmania #tasmanianforest #purplefungi #biodiversity

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Larena Woodmore · @larena

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It's always cool capturing a wombat on trailcam & this one was quite a big healthy looking lump of a creature.😀

https://youtu.be/s_gKaYHTAs4

#Wombat #Marsupial #Australia #Tasmania #TasmanianForest

#wombat #marsupial #australia #tasmania #tasmanianforest

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Larena Woodmore · @larena

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Another stinkhorn (Aseroe rubra) has emerged. This one is much more conveniently located a short stroll from the house with no creek crossing or leech battles required.
#Mushtodon #Sporespondence #Mushrooms #Fungi #Australia #Tasmania #TasmanianForest #StinkhornFungus

#mushtodon #sporespondence #mushrooms #fungi #australia #tasmania #tasmanianforest #stinkhornfungus

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Larena Woodmore · @larena

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Fungi and lichens living together on a tree trunk.
#Fungi #Lichens #Mushtodon #Sporespondence #LichenSubscribe #Tasmania #TasmanianForest

#fungi #lichens #mushtodon #sporespondence #lichensubscribe #tasmania #tasmanianforest

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Larena Woodmore · @larena

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It took its time, but the first stinkhorn has finally emerged!

Good thing, too, because it's been getting more & more challenging to cross the creek to see it. It was so cold this morning that it wasn't stinky, so that's a win.
#Mushtodon #Sporespondence #Mushrooms #Fungi #Tasmania #TasmanianForest #StinkhornFungus

#mushtodon #sporespondence #mushrooms #fungi #tasmania #tasmanianforest #stinkhornfungus

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Larena Woodmore · @larena

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Shrek's eavesdropping 😂
#Mushtodon #Sporespondence #Mushrooms #Fungi #Tasmania #TasmanianForest #Blue

#mushtodon #sporespondence #mushrooms #fungi #tasmania #tasmanianforest #blue

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Larena Woodmore · @larena

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The award for creepiest thing found on yesterday's fungus hunt goes to these things. When I looked at the photos I thought I'd found alien life, but they have been ID'd for me.

What are they? Answer in the second photo's alt.
#Mushtodon #Sporespondence #Mushrooms #Fungi #Tasmania #TasmanianForest #Creepy

#mushtodon #sporespondence #mushrooms #fungi #tasmania #tasmanianforest #creepy

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Larena Woodmore · @larena

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At this time of the year I can't go outside without finding new (to me) fungi. Today, Jelly Baby fungus - Leotia lubrica have sprung up everywhere.
#Mushtodon #Sporespondence #Mushrooms #Fungi #Tasmania #TasmanianForest #Yellow

#mushtodon #sporespondence #mushrooms #fungi #tasmania #tasmanianforest #yellow

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Larena Woodmore · @larena

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I learned something! I had no idea that wallabies can sit on their tails. It's one of the things that distinguishes them from kangaroos. This guy had lunch outside our kitchen (not provided by us) then hopped into the forest to sit & chill.
#Wallaby #Macropods #Marsupials #Wildlife #Nature #Tasmania #TasmanianForest

#wallaby #macropods #marsupials #wildlife #nature #tasmania #tasmanianforest

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Larena Woodmore · @larena

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I just went for a walk and found something very strange. Do any of you know what these are? Maybe a slime mold, maye a jelly fungus but I really don't know.
#SlimeMolds #Mushtodon #Sporespondence #Mushrooms #Fungi #Tasmania #TasmanianForest #MysteryOrganism

#slimemolds #mushtodon #sporespondence #mushrooms #fungi #tasmania #tasmanianforest #mysteryorganism

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Larena Woodmore · @larena

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So, over the past 10 days I've managed to post photos of fungi in every single colour. Alls that left are those without much colour at all. Transparent and semitransparent fungi!

For anyone who's interested, I have published every species I've found on my land at https://www.tasforest.com/intheforest/Fungi/ - currently 200ish species.

By the way, blue was the most popular colour, followed by black/grey and then pink.

#Mushtodon #Sporespondence #Mushrooms #Fungi #Tasmania #TasmanianForest #Transparent

#mushtodon #sporespondence #mushrooms #fungi #tasmania #tasmanianforest #transparent

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Larena Woodmore · @larena

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Bonus photo of shaggy taken from underneath. I'm not sure whether the red liquid came from the fungus of the log it's growing from. This is a splitgill mushroom - Schizophyllum commune - and will look very different if it lives to maturity (something already ate half of it)
#Mushtodon #Sporespondence #Mushrooms #Fungi #Tasmania #TasmanianForest #White #Cream