Leave it to weird, wild, wonderful New Zealand to be home to a blue mushroom. Fungus enthusiasts can also find Entoloma hochstetteri in parts of India and Brazil, but it’s bountiful enough on both the North and South Islands of New Zealand, that it is part of the artwork on the latest iteration of the $50 note. It appears alongside the kōkako, a bird whose blue wattles inspired the Māori name for this mushroom: werewere-kōkako.
Entoloma hochstetteri mushroom at Lake Mahinapua, New Zealand
Today in History
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International Womens Day
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Father s Day
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Silver-studded blue butterflies
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Tigh Mor Trossachs on Loch Achray, Scotland
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Rethymno, Crete, Greece
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Merry and bright
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Ambassadors of the airwaves
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Happy Mother s Day!
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Art in the chapel
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A meerkat stands alone
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Longtailed widowbird at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa
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Tesla, the visionary
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Happy Easter from the ‘peeps’ at Bing
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Day of the Dead
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