DSC_1948 Olive honeycap, or harore (Armillaria novae-zelandiae) growing from the trunk of a living tree, although it also grows from dead and dying trees as well. This fungus is an aggressive pathogen capable of killing a range of tree species and decomposing their wood. Lake Brunner, Westland *
DSC_1952 Olive honeycap, or harore (Armillaria novae-zelandiae) growing from the trunk of a living tree, although it also grows from dead and dying trees as well. This fungus is an aggressive pathogen capable of killing a range of tree species and decomposing their wood. Lake Brunner, Westland *
DSC_0578 Velvet Foot Mushroom (Flammulina velutipes) a large orange mushroom typically found growing on tree stumps, logs, or tree bases. It is most common in moist, lowland wooded areas near rivers. Some subspecies of this mushroom contain the neurotoxic oligoisoprenoid gymnopilin. Woodhaugh, Dunedin *
