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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
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Hedge covered in white fungus on stems. In front of Quay St McDonalds Auckland. (-36.8473128, 174.7797688) hedge possibly Hawaiian pohutukawa?
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Life (Life)Observer
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Seaweed of some sort. Dried out kelp pod casing?
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Tropical Armyworm Moth (Spodoptera litura)Observer
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Landed on me while eating lunch outside CBD. Released overcast day strong westerly winds. Tropical armyworm moth?? (increasingly prevalent Ag crop pest blown from AU or via nearby port?)
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Myrtle Rust (Austropuccinia psidii)Observer
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Trimmed branches from a large pohutukawa overhanging our roof today and discovered new leaf growth has yellow spores. :(
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Kaihua (Parsonsia heterophylla)Observer
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Wharariki Beach, Golden Bay
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Port Jackson Fig (Ficus rubiginosa)Observer
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Approx 116yrs old (2022) Planted c 1906 by head Colonial Sugar Refinery head gardener Horticultural Engineer Henry Lohrman (Adam, JP, ‘Chelsea Estate Heritage Park Conservation Plan’ for AC, 2010)
From https://www.ausbonsai.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19726 “If you look under the leaf where the stem attaches, you will notice on a Moreton Bay Fig it connects a little bit in from the start of the base, and on a Port Jackson Fig it connects perfectly at the base.” Leaf photos to come
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Tropical Armyworm Moth (Spodoptera litura)Observer
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30mm long. Finally found who’s eating our native fuchsia!
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Chicory (Cichorium intybus)Observer
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Blue flower - puppy included for scale :)
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Spectacular Rustgill (Gymnopilus junonius)Observer
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Fantastic orange fungi! 🤩 Group 20cm in diameter
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Mosquito Fish (Gambusia affinis)Observer
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Or gambusia / mosquito fish?
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Mallada basalisObserver
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10mm long (excluding antennae)
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Freshwater Shrimp (Paratya curvirostris)Observer
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Freshwater shrimp
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Kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)Observer
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Sighting in Eskdale Reserve at the track junction. Three kererū flew in gathering in a tall kanuka above a large nikau grove before flying off one by one down through the nikau grove.
