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Story: Fungi

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. What are fungi?

  3. New Zealand fungi

  4. Saprobes: decomposers

  5. Mycorrhizal fungi

  6. Parasites: disease-causing fungi

  7. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - What are fungi?

Forest fungus

Forest fungus

Classification of living organisms

Classification of living organisms

Fungal fruiting body

Fungal fruiting body

From page 2 - New Zealand fungi

Types of fungus – mushrooms

Types of fungus – mushrooms (1st of 6)

Boletes fungus

Boletes fungus (2nd of 6)

Bracket fungus

Bracket fungus (3rd of 6)

Pouch fungus

Pouch fungus (4th of 6)

Earthstars

Earthstars (5th of 6)

Rust fungus

Rust fungus (6th of 6)

Threatened fungi

Threatened fungi

Blue mushroom

Blue mushroom (1st of 3)

Mushroom on banknote

Mushroom on banknote (2nd of 3)

Mushroom on stamp

Mushroom on stamp (3rd of 3)

From page 3 - Saprobes: decomposers

Rainbow bracket fungus

Rainbow bracket fungus

Corals, cups and stinkhorns

Corals, cups and stinkhorns (1st of 3)

Bird’s nest fungus

Bird’s nest fungus (2nd of 3)

Stinkhorn fungus

Stinkhorn fungus (3rd of 3)

Sooty mould

Sooty mould

Giant puffball

Giant puffball

Coral tooth fungus

Coral tooth fungus

From page 4 - Mycorrhizal fungi

Beneficial fungus

Beneficial fungus

Fungal nodules on tōtara roots

Fungal nodules on tōtara roots

Pine bolete

Pine bolete

Black truffle

Black truffle

From page 5 - Parasites: disease-causing fungi

Spores of facial eczema fungus

Spores of facial eczema fungus

Beech strawberry fungus

Beech strawberry fungus

Tōtara leaf spot

Tōtara leaf spot

Vegetable caterpillar fungus

Vegetable caterpillar fungus

How to cite this page:

Peter Buchanan, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/fungi/media (accessed 30 March 2023)

Story by Peter Buchanan, published 24 Sep 2007

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