Get one of the self-drive Australian routes on Google Play. View the discussion thread. Skip to main content. Don't miss our post about mushroom picking on Mornington Peninsula here: Mushroom Picking on the Mornington Peninsula. Travel well! Tarkine Forest Adventure near Smithton Looking for autumn. Mushroom Picking, Oberon.
Mushroom Madness on the Mornington Peninsula. Tasmania, Day 6. Tarkine Forest Adventure near Smithton. Alphington Farmer Market every first and third Sunday of the month. Coburg Farmers Market — every second Saturday of each month. We grow a wide range of speciality gourmet mushrooms.
Below is a very small example of some of the unique mushrooms we produce. All our mushrooms are grown predominantly on hardwood sawdust and no nasty chemicals or sprays are every sprayed on them.
The only thing that gets spayed on our mushrooms is a very fine water mist. Cultivate a healthy body. Mount Macedon has many attractions; from its beautiful gardens and picnic grounds to the Memorial Cross and breathtaking views from Camels Hump. But one attraction not many people know about is the amazing diversity of fungi that grow in its forests. This diversity is due to the number of different habitats on the mount that offer the right conditions for the fungi to thrive.
On the northern and western slopes of Mount Macedon, there are dry, open woodlands and on the southern slopes and valleys, thicker mesmate forests and cool damp gullies. My favourite environment to look for fungi is the fern gullies and damper forests of the southern slopes. Heads up nature lovers! Make sure to dress warm and bring a camera….
Firstly there are Mycorrhizal fungi, which have a mutually beneficial relationship with plants. These fungi swap water and nutrients they are particularly effective in obtaining, with sugars that plants produce through photosynthesis.
This relationship between different fungi and plants can link the whole forest together like a giant mycelial internet and be crucial for the entire ecosystem, especially in times of drought and extreme weather. Cortinarius austrovenetus by Instagram longinomus. These fungi make their living by decomposing all the dead organic matter, from wombat poo and gum leaves, right up to massive stumps and root systems of former forest giants.
All this material gets turned back in to what makes that loamy, rich mountain soil, which is home for so many plants, fungi, insects and animals. Mycena interrupta Mount Macedon by Instagram longinomus. Mycena aff.
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