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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
thomas1166Description
Please help to identify this mushroom
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Pineapple Bolete (Boletellus ananas)Observer
julievause_nzDescription
Single specimen growing in dense NZ native forest. Wow.
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Pixie's Parasol (Mycena interrupta)Observer
mil-sDescription
Mount Thomas bush walk.
The purple glow is UV lighting.
Totally open to removing this record if suggested too. Not sure if it belongs here.
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fun-gal-nzDescription
There were two of these on a dead log. Had a narrow attachment, pores beneath
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Graphis anfractuosaObserver
melissa_hutchisonDescription
I love photographing graphids even though I can't ID them!
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Oceanic Manta Ray (Mobula birostris)Observer
clintonPlace
Missing LocationDescription
3.6 m DW female, 74 m depth, SST 22.6 Celsius
Joint Conservation International, Tindale Marine Research Charitable Trust and DOC oceanic manta satellite tagging expedition.
underwater images courtesy of Irene Middleton
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Genus PicipesObserver
pjd1Description
Noted on fallen semi-decorticated branch lying on floor of waiwaka (Syzygium maire) / pukatea (Laurelia novae-zelandiae) swamp forest. Fruiting body upper surface dark brown with dark flecking, coriaceous and pliant, underside white, stipe brown, firmly flexible.
Polyporus dictyopus?
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Cape Barren Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)Observer
grahameDescription
The best place to see the Cape Barron now is from the track on the western side of the wetland by the houses.
Look across in to the paddocks from there.
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White Punk (Laetiporus portentosus)Observer
kiwihobbitDescription
This large bracket fungus was seen on a fallen tree trunk in mixed beech/podocarp forest.
Unfortunately I'm not able to confirm whether the tree species or whether it was alive or dead, however the best matching description seems to be Laetiporus, however I'd like confirmation or correction from mycologists.
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Fairy Lantern (Thismia rodwayi)Observer
sarahlloydDescription
Small red saprotrophic plant found in wet eucalypt forest dominated by Eucalyptus obliqua, Acacia melanoxylon, Pomaderris apetala, Comprosma quadrifida, Olearia argophylla and Dicksonia antarctica.
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Genus CalomyxaObserver
sarahlloydDescription
Gregarious and scattered stalked sporangia, 1.5-1.8 mm tall. Sporotheca globose to sub-globose, umbilicate at the base where the stalk attaches, 1.1-1.6 mm diameter. Stalk cylindrical, 0.3 mm long x 0.3 mm wide. Peridium membranous, iridescent with pink, green and golden reflections; dehiscence irregular. Capillitium long, white when fresh becoming beige.
Collected from very severely decayed (soil-like) eucalypt stump.
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
steve_kerrDescription
Terana caerulea - Cobalt Crust ?
Observed on two adjacent Astelias, approx. 2 metres apart.
Notice third photo, encrustation appears "crumb-like" as if it fell onto the leaf from a tree above.
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Chocolate Tube Slimes (Genus Stemonitis)Observer
petragloynDescription
Substrate Beilschmeidia tawa.
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Coppery Pax (Paxillus cuprinus)Observer
johnsteelDescription
Growing on woodchips under Veronica cultivars. Adjacent to Betula pendula; reaction to ammonia reddish orange, not green; cap dry, not slimy; colours, a dull reddish-brown; spore print pale yellowish, not greenish; spores ovoid.
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Degelia gayanaObserver
dave_hollandDescription
first 100m of mcleans falls track. lichen heaven!
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Cyclocybe parasiticaObserver
fun-gal-nzDescription
Native bush, growing on a dead log
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Cribraria cancellataObserver
sarahlloydDescription
Crowded stalked sporangia 1.5 mm total height. Peridial net of strong ribs from the base to the apex of the sporothecae.
On severely decayed Banskia marginata.
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Cordyceps tenuipesObserver
fun-gal-nzDescription
Native bush area. Growing out of something (?insect/larva)buried in the leaf mold/dirt.
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Bracket Fungi (Family Polyporaceae)Observer
matthew108Description
Growing on declining Banksia sp. tree
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Subgenus CyanulaObserver
cooperjDescription
spores 5-7 angled, gill edge dark blue, cap umbilicate. CC clavate 30 x 14, spores 10 x 6um.
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Amanita Sect. Vaginatae (Section Vaginatae)Observer
cooperjDescription
Material sequenced. This isn't quite A. drummondii, described from Western Australia, but close. It is not A. pekeoides, even though it looks like it. The obvious difference is the presence of veil fragments on the cap, which are absent in A. pekeoides. However, they tend to get washed off. Then the only way to differentiate the species is to look at the cheilocystidia microscopically. In this species they are distinct (second image) and in A. pekeoides they are absent, with just a band of sterile hyphae on the gill edge.
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/5058072
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Southern Bracket (Ganoderma australe)Observer
cooperjDescription
Confirmed by sequence
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Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)Observer
shirleykerrDescription
On a log in mixed broadleaf-podocarp forest. Undersurface was white.
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Wandering Sea Anemone (Phlyctenactis tuberculosa)Observer
john_barklaDescription
Rare in tidal rock pool
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Pseudoscorpions (Order Pseudoscorpiones)Observer
greyDescription
Found under a small log in a paddock. Rather small, body less than 5 mm.
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Glaucilla bennettaeObserver
tangatawhenuaDescription
Wow! I had always photographed these as washups but this one was out in the G3 swimming along. Chasing it for photos I got a few while it was under the water, and this shows details that are not seen when washed up.
Then it surfaced - those are the last photos which are not good but show how it changes its shape. Then it decided to turn and come towards me. The only skin I had exposed is between my hood and mask, but not wanting to get a sting on the face I made a strategic withdrawal, and live to tell this story :)
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Russula aucklandicaObserver
pjd1Description
Is this the unnamed Russula known as R. "macnabbiana"?
Very common under rawirinui (Kunzea robusta) and pines (Pinus pinaster).
P.J. de Lange 14162 & T.J.P. de Lange, PDD
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Higher Ascomycetes (Subphylum Pezizomycotina)Observer
greyDescription
Growing beneath a small log lying in a creek bed. Up to 9 mm across.
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Bluntnose Sixgill Shark (Hexanchus griseus)Observer
clintonDescription
Taken at 200 m depth on line by fisher targetting oil fish (Ruvettus pretiosus), gutted carcass landed for meat and fins.
Images courtesy of Viliamu Iese and NZ Aid.
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Smooth Hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena)Observer
clintonDescription
Small juvenile about 55-60 cm TL observed from the Devonport Ferry Terminal. Associated with kahawai, white-fronted terns and red-billed gulls that were actively feeding on small bait fish (?juv. Aldrichetta forsteri).
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Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)Observer
clintonDescription
2.5 m juvenile male white shark tagged and released as part of a collaborative project between Conservation International, the New Zealand Department of Conservation and the Tindale Marine Research Charitable Trust.
The tag is a Wildlife Computers SPLASH10-321A. Oceanmax donated the tag's Propspeed coating.
The first and last three images are courtesy of Scott Tindale.
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Gulf Wobbegong (Orectolobus halei)Observer
tonydiverDescription
Seems to have a leech under lip
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Steelblue Lady Beetle (Halmus chalybeus)Observer
greyDescription
Small insect larva (?), 4 mm in length, found on my clothing after being in native forest.
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Genus MelampsoraObserver
mil-sDescription
Yellow, powdery. Not sure what the plant is so included photos of plants.
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Megadromus capitoObserver
greyDescription
Found under a small log in native podocarp forest.
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Genus CycloctenusObserver
greyDescription
Found under a piece of wood coated with fungi in native bush.
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Conifer Blueing Bracket (Cyanosporus caesius)Observer
greyDescription
Growing on a small branch on the ground in beech forest. Spongy texture, 4-5 pores per mm.
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cooperjDescription
on soil and small bits of wood. Stem tissue dextrinoid, with capitate caulocystidia, spores inamyloid, comma-shaped 8x 4um, cap with gloeocystidia to 25um long. G. gracilis is based on single specimen on Nothofagus wood. This collections seems to have more gills and a slightly umbilicate cap and on soil with wood, but is consistent with this taxon - until somebody shows otherwise.
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New Zealand Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos ssp. brevirostris)Observer
grahameDescription
Lots of Shags and courting mating behavior at the Horseshoe Lake colony today.
Also some youngsters.
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New Zealand Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos ssp. brevirostris)Observer
joepbDescription
At least 20 nests being sat on.
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Westland Petrel (Procellaria westlandica)Observer
fredderksDescription
Black bill-tip tells me Westland Petrel
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Blue Garden Flatworm (Caenoplana coerulea)Observer
mil-sDescription
Striking Shiny black. Longitudinal stripe on surface. 5-6cm.
Inside a wet log with lots to feed on.
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Carnival Candy Slime Mold (Arcyria denudata)Observer
mil-sDescription
Pink, found at the bottom of a pile of various logs in the Richmond community garden in the natives area. Arcyria?
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By-the-wind Sailor (Velella velella)Observer
shona_tDescription
Velella 25mm
Rare here. Quite a few bluebottles, one or two by the wind sailors.
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
mil-sDescription
Growing on wood stump, 3cm diameter cap, dark purplish brown, gills were yellow, stem reddened when picked.
