11008-14603 Sunset leatherbracket (Stereum ostrea) a beautiful thin orange to orange-brown bracket fungus in which the fans can curl around on themselves to form cups. Found on branches and logs in all forest types, and reported to have a preference for the wood of tawa and taraire. Omokoroa *
11008-14601 Sunset leatherbracket (Stereum ostrea) a beautiful thin orange to orange-brown bracket fungus in which the fans can curl around on themselves to form cups. Found on branches and logs in all forest types, and reported to have a preference for the wood of tawa and taraire. Oropi *
DSC_6166 Snowy porebracket (Gloeoporus phlebophorus) soft and rubbery when fresh, becomes leathery upon drying. Grows on dead and fallen beech branches, often high above the ground in beech forest, but can also be in broadleaf/conifer forests. Associated with 'white rot'. Waikaia Forest *