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Mushroom on banknote

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Mushroom on banknote

The blue Entoloma mushroom features in the corner of New Zealand’s $50 banknote.

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Peter Buchanan, Fungi – New Zealand fungi, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/11561/mushroom-on-banknote (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Peter Buchanan, published 1 March 2009.