Entoloma hochstetteri 30DaysWild2022

I have always wanted to see one of the blue mushrooms, and I finally got my wish. They appear on the NZ $50 note. The bright sky-blue colour resembles the blue wattle of the kōkako bird; hence the Māori name for this fungus, werewere-kōkako.

[Milanie]

Beautiful color and wonderful dof

[Chris Cook]

Wonderful

[Maggiemae]

Oh, gracious! This is positively amazing! fav

[eDorre]

Great capture!

[Diana]

This is just too stunning!

[Chris]

So Nice

[Boxplayer]

Just wonderful! How I wish I could see one of these.

[Babs]

What a great find

[Kartia]

These are stunning. I'll have to see if we have them here! Anyone know?

[Faye Turner]

How cool

[Esther Rosenberg]

Never seen them,. how cool! Fantastic capture.

[Peter Dulis]

so unique

[Ingrid]

What a great find and color!

[Elizabeth]

Such an unusual color!

[Carole G]

@kartia these are native to NZ, but you have something similar. Cortinarius rotundisporus

[Pam]

Amazing!

[Kartia]

@yorkshirekiwi
Thanks Carole, now I’ll have to go find one. These look incredible.

[Shepherdman's Wife]

What an unusual colour

[George]

Fabulous!

[Vesna]

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