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Fungus associate of mānuka

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Fungus associate of mānuka

This fungus lives in a beneficial association with mānuka and kānuka. Like many other species of beneficial fungi, known as ectomycorrhizal fungi, it supplies nutrients to the shrubs and helps protect them from soil-borne diseases.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Shrublands – Importance of shrublands, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14547/fungus-associate-of-manuka (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.