New Zealand Fungi

11008-17805 Beech strawberry (Cyttaria gunnii) bright yellow mature fruit bodies. A parasitic fungus appearing on southern beech trees in spring as the new season leaf buds begin to swell. They arise from 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). Nelson Lakes *

17805Beech strawberryCyttariagunniifruit bodiesparasitefungussouthern beechspringNelson Lakes