| Foray to Willam Bay National Park – Light's Beach and Ocean Beach |
| A walk through the coastal heath along part of the "Bibbulmun Track" overlooking lights Beach at William Bay, revealed many exquisite floral and fungal forms to entice viewers and photographers. Corybas recurvus (helmet orchid), Drosera sp. (Sundew), and Bossiaea vied for attention in competition with the fungal species of Leptonia, Entoloma, Hygrocybe and Pisolithus! And always we were conscious of the Great Southern Sea rolling onto the white sand below us... |
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 photo by Dr. Richard Robinson (Australia) William Bay |
| " The Bibbulmun Track is an extension of an ancient aboriginal track from around Perth to the south coast around Walpole. The development of this track as a modern walk trail was actually the brainchild of a West Australian who did the Appalachian Trail when he had one of life's crises. The track has been developed to visit sites of tourist interest and is realigned when areas of forest are logged!!" (-Katrina Syme) |
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At a brief stop at the Ocean Beach lookout, Katrina was quite excited to find a stalked disc fungus, an ascomycete - battleship grey in colour - Banksiamyces sp. (possibly B. macrocarpus) found on the fallen cones of Banksia quercifolia. It was the first time she had found it in WA, but had seen it on a different species of Banksia in Tasmania. |
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| EVENING LECTURES & FORUMS | |
| FORAYS | |
| BANQUET (Photos only) |
Last updated 10/03/2003 10:49 PM Pacific Time
