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Story: Poisonous plants and fungi

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Poisonous native plants

  3. Poisonous plants used for food

  4. Poisonous garden plants

  5. Animals and poisonous plants

  6. Poisonous fungi

  7. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Poisonous native plants

Publicising poisonous plants

Publicising poisonous plants

Foliage and flowers of tree tutu

Foliage and flowers of tree tutu

Stinging hairs of ongaonga

Stinging hairs of ongaonga

Henry Connor

Henry Connor

From page 2 - Poisonous plants used for food

Karaka foliage and berries

Karaka foliage and berries

Taro tubers for sale

Taro tubers for sale

Bracken fern

Bracken fern

Passion vine hoppers

Passion vine hoppers

Green potatoes

Green potatoes

From page 3 - Poisonous garden plants

Poisonous garden plants

Poisonous garden plants

Black nightshade

Black nightshade

Jerusalem cherry

Jerusalem cherry

Calla or arum lily

Calla or arum lily

Datura

Datura

From page 4 - Animals and poisonous plants

Cattle in the bush, Hutt River

Cattle in the bush, Hutt River

Acorns

Acorns

Macrocarpa shelter belt

Macrocarpa shelter belt

Ragwort plant and cinnabar moth

Ragwort plant and cinnabar moth

From page 5 - Poisonous fungi

Death cap mushroom

Death cap mushroom

Fly agaric

Fly agaric

Magic mushroom

Magic mushroom

Sheep with ryegrass staggers

Sheep with ryegrass staggers

How to cite this page:

Maggy Wassilieff, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/poisonous-plants-and-fungi/media (accessed 1 April 2023)

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 24 Sep 2007

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