New Zealand Fungi

DSC_2266 Blue pouch fungus (Clavogaster virescens) large, pale blue spindle-shaped cap with a stout yellow stem. Colourful pouched fungi such as these have evolved several times, from various gilled species, which scatter their spores in the wind. It is thought pouch fungi rely instead on native ground birds, to consume the fungi and pass the spores out in their faeces. Croesus Track, Paparoa Range, Westland *

DSC2266Spindlebluepouch fungusClavogasterWeraroavirescenspalespindleshaped capCroesus TrackPaparoa RangeWestland