New Zealand Fungi

DSC_6166 Snowy porebracket (Gloeoporus phlebophorus) soft and rubbery when fresh, becomes leathery upon drying. Grows on dead and fallen beech branches, often high above the ground in beech forest, but can also be in broadleaf/conifer forests. Associated with 'white rot'. Waikaia Forest *

DSC6166SnowyporebracketporebracketGloeoporusphlebophorusdeadfallenbeechbranchesbeech forestwhite rotWaikaia Forest