DSC_6177 Yellow chanterelle (Cantharellus wellingtonensis) this small endemic chanterelle grows in soil on the forest floor, usually in large groups. Chanterelles are a popular edible fungi overseas - the word means 'cup of food' - however it is unknown whether the NZ Chanterelle is edible. Found beneath southern beech. Waikaia Forest *
11008-17803 Beech strawberry (Cyttaria gunnii) bright yellow mature fruit bodies amongst beech foliage. This parasitic fungus appears on southern beech trees in spring as the new season leaf buds begin to swell. They arise from woody galls on the living wood of beech trees. Cyttaria occur in New Zealand (3 spp), Tasmania & SE Australia (2 spp), and southern Chile & Argentina (6 spp). Nelson Lakes *
11008-17805 Beech strawberry (Cyttaria gunnii) bright yellow mature fruit bodies. A parasitic fungus appearing on southern beech trees in spring as the new season leaf buds begin to swell. They arise from woody galls on the living wood of beech trees. Cyttaria occur in New Zealand (3 spp), Tasmania & SE Australia (2 spp), and southern Chile & Argentina (6 spp). Nelson Lakes *
