DSC_2468 Native scarlet pouch (Leratiomyces erythrocephalus) brightly coloured pouch fungi can be found in litter in broadleaf-conifer forests in autumn. They can be difficult to tell apart from the fallen fruit of supplejack, and indeed it seems likely that these small red fungi are mistaken for fruit, and so are dispersed by forest birds. Taieri Gorge *
DSC_2463 Native scarlet pouch (Leratiomyces erythrocephalus) brightly coloured pouch fungi (four in this image), can be found in litter in broadleaf-conifer forests in autumn. They can be difficult to tell apart from the fallen fruit of supplejack, and indeed it seems likely that these small red fungi are mistaken for fruit, and so are dispersed by forest birds. Taieri Gorge *
11008-09204 Shaggy Ink Cap, or Lawyers Wig (Coprinus comatus) growing in pasture. These agarics have black spores and the cap is tall and narrow with crowded gills. It's shaggy scales, white colour and fawn apex are unmistakable. Ashburton *
