DSC_5665 Icicle fungus, or pekepekekiore (Hericium clathroides) coral-like with many spines hanging down from each branch. White or pale pink when fresh, and can be quite large, such as here - 200mm in width. On dead standing trees, or fallen logs. Waikaia Bush *
DSC_5660 Icicle fungus, or pekepekekiore (Hericium clathroides) detail. Coral-like with many spines hanging down from each branch. White or pale pink when fresh, and can be quite large, such as this speciman which was fully 200mm in width. On dead standing trees, or fallen logs. Waikaia Bush *
11008-15106 Wood Ear or hakeke (Auricularia cornea) and Orange poreconch (Favolaschia calocera) fungi, attacking the cut end of a rotting trunk. The Orange poreconch was first reported in New Zealand in the 1960s and has since spread throughout New Zealand. It is thought to have arrived from Madagascar. Kaimai Range *
