Black Sugarloaf is a small dolerite mountain in central north Tasmania. Since moving to this special place 20 years ago I have been learning about the plants, birds and invertebrates that live in the forest.
Banksiamyces are small cup fungi (Ascomycetes) that grow on old cones of Banksia species. Banksiamyces toomansis grows on Banksia marginata, the species that grows at Black Sugarloaf.
I was photographing the crustose lichens on the old seed cases of swamp paperbark Melaleuca ericifolia when something moved. This tiny spider survived the stormy weather of the past few days. It rarely moves far from its hiding place.