DSC_0438 Fluted bird's nest fungus (Cyathus striatus) flared cup, brownish-white, smooth and fluted on the inside. The outer surface is shaggy with brown hairs or scales. Cups containing light to dark grey, disc shaped spore masses (the 'eggs' or peridioles). This group of fungi have a specialised method of spore dispersal. A droplet of water falls into the cup and splashes the spore masses out onto the surrounding vegetation. Woodhaugh, Dunedin *
DSC_0447 Fluted bird's nest fungus (Cyathus striatus) flared cup, brownish-white, smooth and fluted on the inside. The outer surface is shaggy with brown hairs or scales. Cups containing light to dark grey, disc shaped spore masses (the 'eggs' or peridioles). This group of fungi have a specialised method of spore dispersal. A droplet of water falls into the cup and splashes the spore masses out onto the surrounding vegetation. Woodhaugh, Dunedin *
DSC_2587 White bird's nest fungus (Nidula niveotomentosa) growing on decaying beech twigs. A small flared 'hairy' cup on the outside, with a pool of jelly containing the pinkish-brown spore masses ('eggs' or peridioles). This group of fungi have a specialised method of spore dispersal. A droplet of water falls into the cup and splashes the the egg out onto the surrounding vegetation. Boyle River *
