This year the foray was held on a cold damp day in May rather than April. This year has been cooler and consistently wetter then the last couple of years. This has meant that fungi have been fruiting sporadically over a much longer period of time. Here is what we say today.
Southern Beech Grove
This is the first Cortinarius / Thaxterogater found at Otari-Wilton’s bush.
Cortinarius epiphaeus [photo Geoff Ridley]
The fungi in the plant collection garden are all growing in the thick wood mulch used in this area,
Psathyrella sp. [photo Geoff Ridley]
Lycoperdon perlatum [photo Geoff Ridley]
Leratiomyces ceres [photo Geoff Ridley]
Lepiota aspera [photo Geoff Ridley]
Leratiomyces erythrocephalus [photo Geoff Ridley]
Crucibulum laevae [photo Geoff Ridley]
Psathyrella aff. corrugis [photo Geoff Ridley]
Armillaris novae-zelandiae [photo Geoff Ridley]
Stump with Armillaria novae-zelandia, Favolaschia calocera, Auricularia cornea, and a small Ganoderma [photo Geoff Ridley]
Auricularia cornea [photo Geoff Ridley]
Coprinellus disseminatus [photo Geoff Ridley]
Favolaschia calocera and Auricularis corneus [photo Geoff Ridley]
Heimiomyces neovelutipes [photo Geoff Ridley]
Hohenbuehelia or Resupinatus [photo Geoff Ridley]
Spores, moulds, and fungi 