DSC_9889 Bryophyte stalactites on the banks of the Waimangaroa River, Denniston *
11009-00615 Kennedy Warne wanders through Fiordland's moist beech forest, with branches festooned in mosses and ferns. Snag Burn, Murchison Mountains *
DSC_0132 Kidney Fern (Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum) growing up the trunk of a forest tree. Once classified in Trichomanes (as T. reniforme), DNA analysis of Kidney fern has now shown it to be more closely related to the Hymenophyllum filmy ferns. New Zealand is a special place for the genus Hymenophyllum, with nine of the world’s ten subgenera occurring here. Jackson River, South Westland *
