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Hoiho (Yellow-Eyed Penguin) (Megadyptes antipodes)Observer
duckindisguiseDescription
8 in total
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stevereekie1Description
At first glance I thought waxcap, but it didn't look quite like either of the native green Gliophorus. The fibres suggested a cortina at first but after looking more, the white seems to be a separate growth. I'm now thinking, going by the colour, this is most likely Gliophorus psittacinus with a secondary growth. I'll be back to examine this when it opens.
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Star Jelly (Nostoc commune)Observer
katemccombsDescription
Amongst moss and lichens, on rock outcrop.
South-facing.
Amongst tussock grassland, forest nearby.
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Tutahuna (Raoulia eximia)Observer
peter_sweetappleDescription
At 1500m south of Foggy Peak, Torlesse Range
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New Zealand Octopus (Macroctopus maorum)Observer
sarahmilicichDescription
The octopus latched onto a dive fin and would not give it back
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Puccinia otagensisObserver
christopherstephensDescription
On Forster's Clematis
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Genus SaproamanitaObserver
geoffrDescription
Growing on the ground in litter beneath broadleaf trees and ferns
The New Zealand English language name is Gandalf’s flycap.
No specimen was kept
Third picture with $1 coin taken 4 April 2020
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White Banded House Jumper (Maratus griseus)Observer
naturewatchwidowPlace
Thane Road at Robieson Street (near 17), Roseneath, Wellington 6011, New Zealand (Google, OSM)
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Toothed Thelymitra (Thelymitra × dentata)Observer
marianwDescription
One of 2 plants next to the Kill Devil track
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Dawsonia superbaObserver
jtweedDescription
Found growing out of cutting alongside track.
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Dracophyllum pronumObserver
efo23Description
Low growing scrub in herbfield on edge of scree
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Leptinella atrataObserver
hjc74Description
Found on the top ridge-line of the scree slopes. In among rocky crevasses and large boulders.
Lamina are glaucus and glabrous with red 'feathered' margins.
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Anisotome piliferaObserver
hjc74Description
Large glaucus and glabrous leaves, adapted to a scree environment.
Ridged stems.
Lamina are numerously lobed.
Specimen was not flowering.
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Haast's Buttercup (Ranunculus haastii)Observer
hjc74Description
Large flowering head, solitary and terminal on the stem.
Lamina are very glaucus, and glabrous to touch. Lamina are compound and tri-foliate, with a red margin.
Well adapted to inhabiting an alpine environment among scree and rocks with little shelter.
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Leptinella dendyiObserver
hjc74Description
Found on the top ridge-line of the scree slopes. Among rocky crevasses and boulders.
Similar to Leptinella atrata however it has large yellow-ish brachts.
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Pygmy Pine (Lepidothamnus laxifolius)Observer
jeantompkinsDescription
Scrambling prostrate shrub (c.20cm high) on rocky outcrop of alpine shrubland. Slender branches with c.3mm leaves.
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apa123Description
Observed along base of scree slope near Red Hill. Purplish black stems with lines of hairs. Mostly branching from the base. Leaves mostly sessile, coarsely toothed, varying from opposite near the base to more alternate near an inflorescence.
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Drosera stenopetalaObserver
katherinedesilvaDescription
Species found near Temple Basin, Arthurs Pass
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Exocarpos bidwilliiObserver
joepbDescription
1 - Low shrub
2 - Branchlets
3 - Leaves reduced to black scales
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
rebfloraDescription
Growing on ground amongst moss
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Flowerpot Parasol (Leucocoprinus birnbaumii)Observer
felixcollinsDescription
In pot plant
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Rātā and Allies (Genus Metrosideros)Observer
simcockrDescription
such a massive ancient tree ... location beside the heaphy track but not this exact place...
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Tirauriki (Korthalsella salicornioides)Observer
chriseDescription
Host is Leptospermum scoparium. On mineral belt soils.
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Plump Springtails (Order Poduromorpha)Observer
skipperdogmanDescription
Some type of bug forming a raft
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Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Fuligo septica)Observer
dougaltDescription
So here is a weird one. The lilac colour is fairly true to life. Perhaps an oddly-pigmented dog vomit slime mold? There was a patch nearby that was entirely black and exhausted - assumed to be the same but older. Mixed native beech-podocarp forest.
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Dibaeis arcuataObserver
cathycowvetDescription
Lichen. Fruiting bodies. Exposed shingle cutting at Treetops walk Hokitika. Grey crustose lichen on rocks.
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Inkcaps (Genus Coprinopsis)Observer
lukis_was_hereDescription
About 100 of these guys around a wine bottle.
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Fungus-eating Ladybird (Illeis galbula)Observer
epitreeDescription
Parasitoid pupa underneath Any idea as to which species ?
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Kauri (Agathis australis)Observer
parkecologyDescription
At high tide, showing roots
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Placopsis gelidaObserver
stevereekie1Description
Many stones on an old mining track covered in this lichen.
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Hedgehog Mushrooms (Genus Hydnum)Observer
stevereekie1Description
Growing from soil. I uprooted it and put it in view because it was mostly hidden between branches.
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john_barklaDescription
Locally common in dry montane basin herbfields and grasslands
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Usnea subcapillarisObserver
johnsteelDescription
Juvenile amongst many mature specimens
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Browntop (Agrostis capillaris)Observer
meurkcDescription
riverbank pathway; short ligule
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Pterostylis tanypodaObserver
johnsteelDescription
One only seen in open bare patch near tussocks
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Kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides)Observer
sophiemia95Description
I haven't noticed any mature Kahikatea in the whole time I have been on Taranga island, yet here is this juvenile growing on an exposed slip bank.
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Honeycomb Coral Slime Mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa)Observer
johnsteelDescription
On bark of decaying Pinus radiata trunk in deep shade under mixed broadleaf forest
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Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Fuligo septica)Observer
johnsteelDescription
One only in open in exotic grasses and forbs
