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Blue pinkgill ( Xeromphalina tenuipes )

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.
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Oct 31 2009 20:38 GMT Midworlder PRO
I thought i'd lost something out of my cocktail
Oct 31 2009 20:40 GMT RachelWoods
Wow amazing....blue :o) Great shot
Oct 31 2009 20:41 GMT MargNZ
I agree Roger .. thank you :)
Oct 31 2009 20:57 GMT teddybear2
Wow Marg. I have never seen anything like this and I definitely need to get a $50 to have a look
Oct 31 2009 21:08 GMT pmosull
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!
Oct 31 2009 21:22 GMT ForestSpirit
One of nature's little wonders - thanks for introducing it, Margaret!
Oct 31 2009 21:29 GMT Danijela
Wonderful indeed - a blue mushroom! I like the contrast with color of the leaves...
Oct 31 2009 21:38 GMT abojovna PRO
Precious blue mushroom, I never saw it!
Oct 31 2009 21:46 GMT FRIESIAN
Great shot!!!! I have never seen this before!!
Oct 31 2009 21:49 GMT MargNZ
Thanks Shirley .. like me you, probably don't have a fifty dollar note lying around ;))
Oct 31 2009 21:52 GMT aquiles PRO
MARVELOUS MUSHROOM CLUB MEMBER !!!!!!!
Oct 31 2009 21:55 GMT MargNZ
My very humble thanks aquiles :))
Oct 31 2009 21:58 GMT MargNZ
Thank you Peter .. when I find one it will be in the post !
No photoshop, I promise you .. I don't have it ...... yet ?
Oct 31 2009 21:59 GMT MargNZ
Thank you Sylvia :))
Oct 31 2009 22:04 GMT MargNZ
Thank you Danijela :))
Oct 31 2009 22:34 GMT beus PRO
Lovely image:-)
Oct 31 2009 22:48 GMT fhelsing PRO
Wow, that is a nice find!
Oct 31 2009 22:59 GMT Cooler PRO
Fantastic find and capture ;-)))
Oct 31 2009 23:35 GMT MargNZ
Thank you Claudia for enjoying my blue fungus :))
Oct 31 2009 23:55 GMT evelin
Lovely image.......!!!!!!!!!!!
Nov 01 2009 00:00 GMT SaoPaulo
Hi, Marg! a very interesting blue piece! Can you answer : is a 'day off 'for the dead there?
Nov 01 2009 03:29 GMT potterjo
Great find..
Nov 01 2009 03:34 GMT martini957
A smurf mushroom....awesome find!!!!
Nov 01 2009 06:19 GMT Squirrel PRO
BEAUTIFUL BLUE COLOUR AND CONTRAST::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Nov 01 2009 08:24 GMT senna3
Unique find!
Nov 01 2009 08:47 GMT mandalaspirit
nature is full of surprises!!!

marvolous..

greetz
Erika
Nov 01 2009 09:40 GMT irajsalarvand
NICE................
Nov 01 2009 10:11 GMT Littleollie
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. :-)
Nov 01 2009 10:28 GMT gran1
Terriffic find there Marg even with a little help from our friends across the ditch. Never seen one in my life before, love the colouring. :-)
Nov 01 2009 11:17 GMT MargNZ
Thank you all for viewing and commenting :))
Nov 01 2009 16:10 GMT amyplim
Blue fungi??? Amazing!!!!!
Nov 01 2009 18:04 GMT sini
Amazing colour!:)
Nov 02 2009 14:37 GMT jmcdh
Great capture . Lovely colours
Nov 02 2009 16:11 GMT SIGMUND
fantastic blue mushroom!!!!!!!!
Nov 02 2009 16:24 GMT Poulet PRO
Wonderful find and shot!
I've never seen blue mushroom before!
Thanks for sharing, dear Margaret. :))
Nov 02 2009 22:21 GMT styxpix
Beauty!
Nov 02 2009 22:40 GMT Jakeobean
Marg...what a great capture...I've never seen anything like this before....Fotothing contributors are giving me a lesson in Fungi.....wow...
Nov 03 2009 17:08 GMT mbz
beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nov 04 2009 22:12 GMT aigil
I had never seen a blue one before!!!!
Nov 05 2009 09:05 GMT MargNZ
Thank you aigil :)
Nov 11 2009 13:23 GMT iyerhari
something special!
Nov 11 2009 20:24 GMT MargNZ
Thank you iyerhari :)
Nov 12 2009 03:40 GMT gwen83
Great shot:-))))
Nov 12 2009 08:26 GMT MargNZ
Thank you very much gwen :))
Nov 19 2009 00:12 GMT ztwede
awesome find! never seen species like this

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