DSC_8101179 Velvet black earth tongue (Trichoglossum hirsutum) among mosses on the ground beneath mixed podocarp broadleaf forest in mid July. Moana *
DSC_8101176 Velvet black earth tongue (Trichoglossum hirsutum) among mosses on the ground beneath mixed podocarp broadleaf forest in mid July. Moana *
DSC_0792 Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) a bioluminescent fungi, and one of the last fungi to attack rotting wood. Growing here around the base of the trunk of a Peppermint gum. Although it is bioluminescent, you almost need 'night vision goggles' to see the light, formed as the phosphorus accumulated within the mycelium reacts with oxygen and other chemicals in the fungus. Dunedin *
