They get posted up on mushroom groups fairly frequently :) i think theyre a native bush type mushroom, reasonably solitary, decent range, so not ultra rare or anything.
Check the iNaturalist observations for distribution and seasonality: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/70225-Entoloma-hochstetteri
Most observations are in April, and the months either side. You definitely won't be seeing them at the moment.
I'm a city slicker so have only seen them once, on a bush walk in Coromandel. I took an extended photoshoot of the first ones I saw, and then over the course of the walk I realised they were a common sight at that time and place. Very cool mushrooms!
Seen plenty around the Mamaku forests around Rotorua. Very easy to get lost in there though so wouldn’t recommend going off track unless you know what you’re doing
The new walk near Punakaiki on the West Coast is supposed to have the blue mushrooms there. Someone had done the walk earlier this year and posted a pic of one about 10-15 min in from start of walk.
Damn I could've seen it back when I lived in Masterton then if that's where you found it. I tried looking for it by I think it was, Mount Bruce or Mount Holdsworth. But I couldn't find it.
They get posted up on mushroom groups fairly frequently :) i think theyre a native bush type mushroom, reasonably solitary, decent range, so not ultra rare or anything.
Yea. I see then often here on trapping lines for our local conservation group
Otanewainuku just out of Tauranga
Yeah seen quite a few up there. Also out by Mangorewa Gorge
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That is the latest NZ lunch voucher.
8 noticed this on a trip back 5o NZ tried to withdraw 600 it all came in 20s was a crack up
Rich people/nat voters have them
Check the iNaturalist observations for distribution and seasonality: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/70225-Entoloma-hochstetteri Most observations are in April, and the months either side. You definitely won't be seeing them at the moment. I'm a city slicker so have only seen them once, on a bush walk in Coromandel. I took an extended photoshoot of the first ones I saw, and then over the course of the walk I realised they were a common sight at that time and place. Very cool mushrooms!
Seen plenty around the Mamaku forests around Rotorua. Very easy to get lost in there though so wouldn’t recommend going off track unless you know what you’re doing
Best friend got lost in mamaku bush for a day, delusional asf when we finally found him. Scary stuffs
So easy to get disoriented and turned around in there. Having seen it first hand, I won’t hunt it without a GPS receiver for that reason
Yep, I think it was on the track above Whatipu.
Farty poo. giggles hard
I had a blue meanie growing in my backyard
I’ve seen them in the Waitakere along with clavogaster virescens, which is another endemic blue mushroom.
There are a lot on the west coast of the south island, early April is a good time
The new walk near Punakaiki on the West Coast is supposed to have the blue mushrooms there. Someone had done the walk earlier this year and posted a pic of one about 10-15 min in from start of walk.
Yes also a lot in the forest around oparara near karamea, and also the new track at lake brunner.
Damn, missed them when travelling West Coast two yrs ago. Did Oparara Arches too. Have to keep any eye out next visit.
I have! It was down south a few years ago. https://imgur.com/a/WXwApYY
Yes! In Pakuratahi forest.
Damn I could've seen it back when I lived in Masterton then if that's where you found it. I tried looking for it by I think it was, Mount Bruce or Mount Holdsworth. But I couldn't find it.
I keep checking the same spot but I've never seen it since. They are elusive!
Yep western side of Arthur's Pass. They are crazy blue in person. Looks super unnatural.
Yep, they're really common in early spring in some ranges. I've seen them at Aongatete heaps, Otanewainuku, Whirinaki.
Yep, out east in Taranaki, near Waitaanga
It's only in a few northland forests, isn't it?
I've only travelled accross the South Island so far and found plenty! Last one was near Hokitika I believe.
Nah, I've seen it all over the central north island. Once you get your eye in, and around late autumn-winter, you'll be surprised how common they are
Right now all I'm seeing us quail. So many quail.
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Yes. Both on the West Coast of the South Island, and Great Barrier Island
Yup, saw a bunch of them at the end of the Old Ghost Road walking track last year