DSC_6291 Blue-green potato fungus (Rossbeevera pachyderma) amongst litter, half buried in the ground in beech forest. The colour of the fungus changes from white in immature and hypogeal fruit bodies to blueish green in mature and emergent fruit bodies. Easily recognised by its colouring and 'elephant-skin' texture. April to June. Boyle River *
DSC_5637 Blue-green potato fungus (Rossbeevera pachyderma) amongst litter and moss, half buried in the ground in beech forest. The colour of the fungus changes from white in immature and hypogeal fruit bodies to blueish green in mature and emergent fruit bodies. Easily recognised by its colouring and 'elephant-skin' texture. April to June. Waikaia Bush *
DSC_2575 Pagoda leatherbracket (Podoserpula pusio tristis) four to fourteen 'tiers' of brackets extend up the stem, with a series of blunt folds and ridges on the underside of the brackets. Under silver beech (Lophozonia menziesii). Catlins River *