Photos / Sounds

What

Deer Mushrooms (Genus Pluteus)

Observer

codfish

Date

February 6, 2018 03:58 PM NZDT

Description

Creamy Pluteus with strong blue coloration growing on fallen tea tree trunk. 2 fruit bodies, 5 cm in diameter and 2.4 cm in diameter. The juvenile cap strongly coloured with blue fibres and the mature cap creamy-pink with blue-cream in the centre with blue fibres lightly covering the cap. The stipe was white and lightly fibrous becoming more strongly blue-tinged when mature. The gills were white-cream with a blue margin when juvenile becoming pink with a concolorous margin. Habitat regenerating bush with tea tree dominating the canopy.

Deer Mushrooms - Photo (c) David Greenberger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by David Greenberger
luggr's ID: Deer Mushrooms (Genus Pluteus)
Added on May 27, 2023
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Photos / Sounds

What

Waxcaps (Genus Cuphophyllus)

Observer

grey

Date

August 27, 2018 11:08 AM NZST

Description

Small mushrooms growing on a mound of fine root material (possibly well decayed epiphyte) in broadleaf-podocarp forest. Caps to 11 mm across.

Waxcaps - Photo (c) Jerry Cooper, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jerry Cooper
luggr's ID: Waxcaps (Genus Cuphophyllus)
Added on November 15, 2022
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