Forest Walks » clean http://www.forestwalks.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:13:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Blue Mushrooms http://www.forestwalks.com/2011/05/26/blue-mushrooms/ http://www.forestwalks.com/2011/05/26/blue-mushrooms/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 23:46:52 +0000 Puketi http://www.forestwalks.com/?p=615

Blue mushrooms are found in the Puketi Rain Forest amongst the giant ancient Kauri trees,also sometimes common in lowland Conifer Broadleaf Forests.

The Puketi Forest is experiencing a very mild Autumn with good rainfall creating a great growing season for the Blue Mushroom.

The bright sky- blue colour of the Enteloma hochstetteri resembles the blue wattle of the Native Kokako bird henceEnteloma hochstetteri the Maori name for this Fungus Were-were Kokako,

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