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Common European Yellowjacket (Vespula vulgaris)Observer
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Inside house.
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Black Vine Weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus)Observer
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It came inside with the grapes.
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Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)Observer
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I assume this is some type of gall.
Common on the leaves of this lone mountain beech.
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Licorice Plant (Helichrysum petiolare)Observer
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Struggling in the shade, with jasmine tangled through.
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Pink Jasmine (Jasminum polyanthum)Observer
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Smothering a patch of liquorice plant.
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Climbing Euonymus (Euonymus fortunei)Observer
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Leaning over fence from neighbouring garden.
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Deer Mushrooms (Genus Pluteus)Observer
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Single mushroom growing on soil from under a timber board.
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Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)Observer
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I have been walking unde this tall street tree not realising it is a ginkgo.
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Blue Pinkgill (Entoloma hochstetteri)Observer
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First grey Entoloma of the season. E. hochstetteri just showing a patch of blue in the mossy ground.
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Bonnets (Genus Mycena)Observer
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On a standing dead tree trunk. in kamahi-kahikatea-kanono forest patch.
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Austral Honey Mushroom (Armillaria novae-zelandiae)Observer
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On kāmahi trunk.
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Clubs and Corals (Genus Clavulinopsis)Observer
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Bright orange, about 5-6 cm high, under mahoe.
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
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Under willow, growing with the exotic Russula laccata
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/204504910
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Rustgills and Gyms (Genus Gymnopilus)Observer
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ID a guess.
Strong mat orange, growing on rotten tree trunk.
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Subgenus NolaneaObserver
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Growing on the trunk of mahoe. Under kahikatea and kamahi.
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Deceivers (Genus Laccaria)Observer
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Under pine and kanoao-mahoe-pate.
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Humidicutis mavisObserver
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Under red beech-rimu trees.
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South Island Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa ssp. fuliginosa)Observer
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Fantails numerous, in groups of 4-6 right now due to OSPRI predator control.
No black birds sighted.
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Webcaps (Genus Cortinarius)Observer
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Under red beech-rimu canopy.
Slimy cap , smell strongly of mushroom.
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Easter Orchid (Earina autumnalis)Observer
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Easter flowers.
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Willow Brittlegill (Russula laccata)Observer
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Under willow by stream.
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Observer
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Under pine trees with an understory of kanono, pate, mahoe