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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Photograph by Peter R. Johnston
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