New Zealand Fungi and Lichens

DSC_5565 Chocolate-button woodtuft (Hypholoma brunneum) distinctive, with a chocolate-brown cap, flecked with pale yellow and found growing in clusters on wood in the autumn. Hypholoma actively competes with Armillaria species to colonise freshly fallen wood, both in native forests, and eucalypt forests. Waikaia Forest *

DSC5565ChocolatebuttonwoodtuftwoodtuftHypholomabrunneumsmall clusterWaikaia Forest