New Zealand Fungi
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DSC_5532 Beech strawberry (Cyttaria nigra) charateristic large globose galls on silver beech. Cyttaria is a parasitic fungus appearing on southern beech trees in spring as the new season leaf buds begin to swell. The fruit bodies arise from these woody galls on the living wood of beech trees. Cyttaria occur in New Zealand (3 spp), Tasmania & SE Australia (2 spp), and southern Chile & Argentina (6 spp). Waiakaia River *
DSC5532Beech strawberryCyttarianigraparasitegallsfungussouthern beechspringWaikaia River
