Excursion to Lake Skinner, 6 Apr 2008
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Moss and lichen on a fallen log in the rainforest. GF |
An earthworm, about 200mm long, in the rainforest. GF |
Liverwort, HeteriscyphusConjugatus. AT |
Mycena interrupta, about 25mm across. GF |
We stopped for a rest about halfway up. The rainforest has thinned out and, as can be seen, pandani (Richea pandanifolia) is abundant. We saw some 15m high. GF |
Ascocoryne sarcoides. GF |
Lichen growing on a rock. The stems are about 100mm long. GF |
Snow berry, Gaultheria hispida. AT |
Eucryphia milliganii (Dwarf leatherwood) flowering near Lake Skinner. JW |
Persoonia gunnii (mountain geebung) flowering near the lake. JW |
Orites seed pods, near the lake. AT |
Not camera-shy! A Metallic skink (Niveoscincus metallicus) near the shore of Lake Skinner. GF |
Leaf-hopper. GF |
Eusthenia sp. stonefly found at Lake Skinner. JW |
Cold and misty Lake Skinner; skirted by pencil pines (Athrotaxis cupressoides), and further along King Billy pines (A. selaginoides). JW |
Photos by Amanda Thomson, Geoff Fenton, James Wood |