New Zealand Fungi and Lichens

DSC_6197 Mauve Splitting waxcap (Porpolomopsis lewelliniae) with very distinctive splitting cap, and very 'waxy' gills, amongst Coral lichen (Pulchrocladia retipora), beneath manuka and mixed forest. April to June. Boyle River *

DSC6197MauvesplittingwaxcapwaxgillHygrocybelewellinaeLilac bonnetMycenapuraamong lichenmanuka forestBoyle River