New Zealand Fungi and Lichens

DSC_6050 Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) poisonous. A northern hemisphere mycorrhizal fungus introduced into New Zealand and now invading our Southern beech forests, displacing native fungi and affecting the health and nutrition of host trees. Also common beneath exotic trees such as pines, oak, silver birch, and sweet chestnut. Waikaia Forest *

DSC6050FlyagaricAmanitamuscariatoadstoolsouthern beechforestfloornativewoodlandWaikaia Forest