Myconeer

14/04/2026

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Glow in the dark mycelium in rotten wood found in the top of the south island of New Zealand

31/01/2026

Did you know?

Amoenoboletus mcrobbii:
🍄 has pores, not gills
🌳 partners with trees
🔵 can bruise blue
💫 thrives through cooperation

Super cool photo (and rare find) by

🇳🇿 Butcher’s Flat, Wakamarina River, New Zealand

26/01/2026

Amoenoboletus mcrobbii

One of only 20 observations on for this species in NZ.

A week spent offline in Butcher's Flat along the Wakamarina River and I reckon this was my favorite find (one of the more photogenic boletes I've come across!)

31/12/2025

Here are my Top 9 🍄 📸 from 2025 (in no particular order).

1.) Gliophorus viridis
2.) Undescribed Morchella sp.
3.) Cyttaria gunnii / Māori Beech Strawberry
4.) Cruentomycena viscidocruenta / Ruby Bonnet - (After learning that C. orientalis glowed in Japan and Malaysia, I was excited to discover that the mycelium of this species is bioluminescent here in New Zealand.)
5.) Ileodictyon cibarium / White basket fungus
6.) Mycena podocarpi - (After noticing the maroon-marginated gills, I experimented and found that the mycelium is bioluminescent in this species.)
7.) Cheimonophyllum roseum - (A rare one I found in Nelson Lakes, with only a few observations on iNaturalist in NZ.)
8.) Hypocreopsis amplectens / Tea-tree Fingers - (One of the rarest finds of the year - a critically endangered species, with only two other sites previously known in the country where this has been recorded.)
9.) Hydnum mcnabbianum

It’s been nearly one year since being back in New Zealand, and I’m stoked for what 2026 brings! Happy New Year to all! 🎊

25/12/2025

A fraction of the fungi I found this year in New Zealand’s South Island (mainly around the Marlborough/Tasman region).

Wishing everyone a happy holiday and New Year!
(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ 🍄

18/12/2025

Favolaschia pustulosa / White Porecap

08/12/2025

Not many mushrooms out now given it’s summer in NZ, but managed to spot this lone, dark blue Entoloma sp. growing at the base of a boulder in St. Arnaud last week.

08/12/2025

I’ve finally put together a calendar featuring some of my favourite fungi finds from this year in NZ. Each image was photographed in the bush - crouched down in the moss, crawling and poking around fallen logs, and chasing those tiny moments of magic on the forest floor.

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07/12/2025

Tiny rare undescribed Morchella sp. - 👉 photobombed by a Thread Bug / Empicoris rubromaculatus

07/12/2025

A small undescribed Morchella sp. I spotted recently at Mt. Robert, Lake Rotoiti, St. Arnaud, NZ 🇳🇿

10/11/2025

Gliophorus sp.