I've mostly been distracted by the fungi for the past few months, but isn't #Tasmania wonderful: unlike the British Isles, we have winter-flowering #orchids! Tiny but exquisite #flowers! (Names in ALT text). #nature #flora #Australia #leaf #botany

One incentive for me on my 10Ks is to allow myself to slow down by the #beach, as a lot of stuff washes up when the weather is gusty and stormy. My best find this month has been a fronded murex, which hitherto has no i-Naturalist records in #Tasmania! #shell #mollusk #seashore

I missed #ThickTrunkTuesday, but how amazing is this 65m #Eucalyptus obliqua in #Tasmania? And just down from it, the world's largest self-supporting #moss! As well as our rarer tree-fern! #fern #bryophyte #tree #trees #nature #plants #Australia

It's #MushroomMonday again, so some finds from last #FungiFriday; peak season in #Tasmania is winding down, but still some stunning #fungi to be found on my walks! And these ones were all brand new to me! #mycology #nature #gills #Australia #FungiFriends (IDs in ALT text).

It's #MushroomMonday again, so some finds from last #FungiFriday; peak season in #Tasmania is winding down, but still some stunning #fungi to be found on my walks! #mycology #nature #gills #Australia #FungiFriends (IDs in ALT text).

And me, looking partially windswept at the summit! #mountain #view

A splendid climb up to Mother Cummings Peak in #Tasmania, with some fabulous #views at the summit! #mountain #Australia #nature #landscape #climbing #walking

Is #ThickTrunkThursday still a thing? It should be. Beautiful sasafrass and southern beech #trees, #ferns, and bryophytes, surrounding the #sinkhole at Trowutta Arch. No wonder this type of #rainforest is called "callidendrous" ('beautiful tree'). #nature #Tasmania #Australia #forest

More for #MushroomMonday fromlast week's #FungiFriday finds! These ones deserved their own full photos! From near Trowutta Arch in tarkayna, #Tasmania. #FungiFriends #fungi #fungus #mushroom #nature #Australia #mycology (IDs in ALT text).

It's #MushroomMonday again, so here are (some of) last week's #FungiFriday finds! #Tasmania just keeps on giving fabulous #fungi this season; these are from near Trowutta Arch in tarkayna. #FungiFriends #fungus #mushroom #nature #Australia #mycology (IDs in ALT text).

For those who don't care for fungi, the surrounding landscape really turns it on here in #Tasmania. #waterfall #water #rain #nature #Australia #rainforest

Following from my other post for Saprotroph Saturday (which is between #FungiFriday and #MushroomMonday), my three favorite finds from a walk near Silver Falls, #Tasmania. #fungi #mycology #mushroom #FungiFriends #nature #Australia #mycelium

It's neither #FungiFriday nor #MushroomMonday, so Saprotroph Saturday will have to do! Some lovely finds from a walk near Silver Falls, #Tasmania, after some very heavy rain! #fungi #mycology #mushroom #FungiFriends #nature #Australia #mycelium (tentative IDs in ALT text).

Just love how government departments (the UK's HRMC, here) are all "Send a code by email? Goodness, no. Think of the security risks," but also all "Contact us on 'X', previously known as Twitter, because THAT ISN'T PROBLEMATIC OR DYSTOPIAN AT ALL". #twitter #x #musk #government

It's #MushroomMonday again; I didn't get out much last week, but spotted a couple of novelties whilst out on my bike. IDs in ALT and corrections very welcome! #FungiFriends #fungi #fungus #mycology #Tasmania #Australia #nature #mycelium

It's obviously just hateful living here. #Tasmania #beach #Australia #sea #dogs #whippets #dog #whippet #sun #winter

Also, any pteridophiles? I don't feel #ferns get enough love, so here are two I encountered on my climb, mother shield-fern (Polystichum profilferum) and the exquisite forked comb-fern (Schizaea bifida). #Tasmania #nature #plants #environment

A little early for #WildWebsWednesday, but I'm in #Australia, so not too early! Breathtaking #textures on the ascent to Black Bluff in #Tasmania, and such #biodiversity throughout the biomes. #mountain #environment #nature #snow #lake #sunset

And a couple more new ones for me for #MushroomMonday! #Tasmania #gills #nature #mycology #fungi #FungiFriends

It's #MushroomMonday again! Yesterday, I climbed a mountain with my mountain friends; even though they're not #FungiFriends, they let me have a look at the #fungi! Some new (to me) species! Names in ALT. #Tasmania #truffle #nature #mycology

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It's #MushroomMonday, and before my other half went away, I had a quick run around one of my favorite reserves here. More #coral #fungi than I've ever seen, in varying colors and chonkiness. And a handful of other beauties too. #Tasmania #nature #mushroom #mycology #FungiFriends

I don't post a lot of photos of them on here, but these two would like you to know they are being the BEST #DOGS EVER, especially as we're under house arrest with my other half away, and one of these two needing daily injections at the moment. #whippet #sighthound #dogsofbluesky

It's #WildWebsWednesday, so here from my walk in the Dial Range, #Tasmania last week is a tiny helmet #orchid (Corybas aconitiflorus) protected by a still-webbed, emergent webcap #fungus (Cortinarius sp.). Both no bigger than my fingernail! #nature #Australia #fungi #FungiFriends #flower #flora

It's #MushroomMonday and #Pride month, so here is a #rainbow of #fungi from my walk last week. IDs in ALT, but more than open to correction! #Tasmania #Australia #mushroom #mycology #nature

What's up? It's #MushroomMonday is what's up, so here (for those not bored by my photos yet) is the latest offering from #FungiFriday last week. A wonderful tree-fern path by a creek in #Tasmania; maybe less riot of color than the previous week, but some wonderful species still! #FungiFriends #fungi

On my fungi foray, I discovered you can stretch the #OverlandTrack out as far as Penguin, by doing the Penguin Cradle Trail. Lots of fungi, but also the odd #orchid, and with so many Bassian thrushes about, #snail shells! Awesome to walk beneath these ancient tree ferns! #Tasmania #nature #forest

That hawkmoth is a beauty! I don't think we're blessed with hawkmoths here, though we do have some pretty large ones. This one hung out in our carport for a while!

A few more for WebcapWednesday, my hybrid of #MushroomMonday and #FungiFriday. Some more #fungi finds from my walk last week at Mount Gnomon, #Tasmania! #mycology #mushroom #FungiFriends #nature #Australia #mycelium (Names in ALT text)

Midway between #MushroomMonday and #FungiFriday, so it must be WebcapWednesday, or something similar! Before I plan this week's #fungi walk, some finds from last week's, up at Mount Gnomon, #Tasmania! #mycology #mushroom #FungiFriends #nature #Australia #mycelium (Names in ALT text)