Let thy mind still be bent, still plotting, where
And when, and how thy business may be done,
Slackness breeds worms; but the sure traveller,
Though he alights sometimes, still goeth on.
HERBERT: _Temple, Church Porch,_ St. 57.


Yellow heart shaped cap

 


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This gilled fungi has a yellow, heart-shaped cap up to 5cms diameter, yellow gills, white stem. yellow tough flesh. and grows on fallen wood. The spores are yellow. Gills are adnexed to free, and the fungus is often solitary. This was found at Lorna Pass, Lane Cove National Park, Thornleigh on March 23 2010. Click to enlarge.


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A detail of the gill pattern. Click to enlarge.


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A detail of the way the gills are attached to the stem. Click to enlarge.


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Another photo taken in roughly the same location on the same day, showing younger fruiting bodies emerging. Click to enlarge.