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31 Oct 2016
Thanks Tony

Caladenia moschata
TonyWood wrote:
31 Oct 2016
Michael, externally the floral segments are light coloured, the callii can be varously coloured, the marginal teeth on the side do not extend the full length of the labellum, and on warm days the flowers smell musky.

Caladenia moschata
Jenjen wrote:
9 Oct 2016
more photos available if neccessary

Caladenia fuscata
9 Oct 2016
Thanks Jenny lovely photos of Brown caps

Caladenia ustulata
Heino wrote:
30 Nov 2015
I think this may be a well-weathered specimen of Pycnoporus. See also your sighting http://canberranaturemap.org/Community/Sightings/Details/1973760, which shows a fresh example. When old, the upper surfacecan become quite bleached, but the pore layer on the underside keeps the orange colour. In this case the fungus has produced the fruiting bodies from the side of the log/fallen trunk and so they are bracket like. In theother sighting the fruiting body grown out from the upper surface and takes the shape of a very shallow V. If you took a cross section of either specimen, you'd find (along the lower edge) what looks like a layer of very fine tubes, packed densely side by side. For effective spore dispersal those tubes need to be vertical. If a fruiting body grow out from the side of the wood, you get that bracket-like form, with the tubes held at right angles to the lower surface. If a fruiting body is produced from the upper surface, you get that V-like form but now the tubes are not at right angles to the lower surface. Remember, they need to be vertical. Suppose the sides of the V were angled at X degrees to the wood, then the tubes would need toi be angled at 90-X degrees (with respect to the lower surface) if they are to be vertical.

Trametes (old Pycnoporus sp.)
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