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Blue mushroom

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Blue mushroom

The bright sky-blue colour of Entoloma hochstetteri resembles the blue wattle of the kōkako bird; hence the Māori name for this fungus, werewere-kōkako. It is sometimes common in lowland conifer–broadleaf forests.

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Landcare Research – Manaaki Whenua

by Peter Buchanan

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Peter Buchanan, Fungi – New Zealand fungi, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/11560/blue-mushroom (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Peter Buchanan, published 1 March 2009.