Entoloma hochstetteri
Very distinctive and special to New Zealand. It appears on the NZ $50 note.
Found on the ground in broad leaf conifer forests . I found this near Lake Matheson , South Westland after a tip off by a very nice Australian man who had stumbled across it.
Can you send me one of those $50 so I can see!!!! Seriously though, this is a great image, I never knew anything like this existed, without your explanation I would have been sure it was a photoshop job, great capture. We have a mushroom similar to it here, not half as pretty in colour, it's a boring brown, but shape & size are the same & it is best left alone!
This makes me wonder what is the purpose of it being blue, "Mother Nature does nothing for nothing", there has to be a reason.
Nice fine; I've found Aussies, in general, aren't that bad Marg, glad you found one too. :-)