New Zealand Fungi

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DSC_0383 Red truffles (Paurocotylis pila) tuber-like, often creased and wrinkled, orange-red to red. Brightly coloured and indistinguishable from podocarp fruits falling about the same time as these truffles form. This fungus has possibly evolved to be bird distributed. Catlins Forest *

DSC 0383 red truffle Paurocotylis pila tuber like wrinkled orangered podocarp fruit mimic bird distributed Catlins Forest