Fungi
Fungi in black and white — spokes in a wheel.
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Fungal Idyll
A walk on Rangemore Track, looking for fungi, resulted in just one image. Well choreographed fungi on a branch well past its best.
Basket Fungus (Ileodictyon cibarium)
Howlett Esplanade, Waterview – growing in mulch of wood chips.
Mycena sp.
… of a fungus. Clarks Bush, Titirangi. Mycena species.
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Fly Agaric
I find it impossible to go past such a beautiful specimen of a fly agaric (Amanita mascara) – that’s what most insects seem to say, too, hence most of the fly agarics that you find are in poor state of repair…
You can’t see it from this angle — but there were actually fairies dancing under the cap of the shroom.
Earth Star
Geastrum sp. found at Craigavon Park, Blockhouse Bay. A puffball kind of fungus.
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Mycena sp.
Autumn was long, dry and warm – but now winter has set in and finally the fungi make their appearance. Juist a small sample of what I came across in a local reserve. (I am no mushroom expert, my identifications are a bit vague.Foraging purely for visual delight — not for the palate.)
Mycena sp.
Fly agaric ready to unfold
Aseroe Rubra
Found quite often in wood chip mulch, the starfish fungus (aseroe rubra) fully deserves its common name “anemone stinkhorn”. The brown spore masses on the ‘tentacles’ ooze a distinctly fecal aroma, making these pretty pictures ideal illustrations for the City Daily Photo theme of May: “Smell”. Many more images describing olfactory sensations may be found here.
Aseroe Rubra
Coral Tooth Fungus
This beauty of a fungus grows in Clark Bush, Titirangi. First time I ever came across such a thing. Apparently it’s edible …
Coral tooth fungus.
Mushroom Time
A cluster of what I think is Gymnopilus junonius. This time of year again – I am inexperienced with wild mushrooms, the ones I eat are all growing in a green grocer’s shop.
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