What
Austral Honey Mushroom (Armillaria novae-zelandiae)Observer
cooperjDescription
Armillaria nz with attached boot-lace rhiizomorphs
What
Genus FomitiporiaObserver
cooperjDescription
This is the common 'Fomitiporia robusta' on tea-tree. I finally managed to get a sequence. As we might expect (based on micromorphology at least) it is quite unrelated to Fomitiporia robusta associated with northern hemisphere oaks. This is closely related to F. eucalypti - which makes sense. It probably needs a new name, although there are some older names of species described on Australian myrtaceous hosts that haven't been investigated recently.
Observer
cooperjDescription
On Deer dung. There has been a massive increase in the local deer population over the last 3 years.
Photos / Sounds
What
Cups (Genus Peziza)Observer
cooperjDescription
Peziza sp. 'Mt Lyford (PDD 114519)'
A hypogeous Peziza. See also iNat observations 186830686, 175707083, 175707709, 75641715
I'm not aware of any other hypogeous species in Peziza sensu stricto.
Photos / Sounds
What
Kabatiella caulivoraObserver
cooperjDescription
This is another collection of red blotch on Rengarenga. This one is due to a probable Aureobasidium fungus rather than an Alternaria. There are no nematodes present. E.g this observation ...
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/178473172
The red discoloration seems to be a general anthrocyanin response to any kind of damage.
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Observer
cooperjDescription
Id by sequence. Not the realo C. xanthothrix but closely related