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These fungi are small to medium sized. On ground or sometimes rotten wood. Cap and stalk present. Stem smooth or scruffy. Maybe glutinous or not.
Bulgaria
Ciboria
Geoglossum & Trichoglossum
Helvellaceae
Leotia & Cudonia
Pezizaceae
Sarcomataceae
Xylaria & Daldinia		 Leotia viscosa (Chicken lips)

Found at Lake Waikeramoana on May 9, 2001 at the 15th Annual New Zealand Fungal Foray.

This is a delightful mushroom to find. Beautiful colours and very, very slimy, almost impossible to pick up.

Stem: Yellow with minute green dots.

Cap: Green, in-rolled and often lobed.

Habitat: Solitary or in groups, on ground or amongst moss.

Edibility: Not sure. Apparently harmless but of little or no value.


 
Warning: Through out the site I refer to different mushroom kinds as either edible, not edible or unknown. as different people react differently to different mushrooms, I can not guarantee the edibility of any species featured on this site. Also, as I mentioned on my home page, I am no expert in mycology and must warn you that unless you have done your own homework and are 100% sure that a mushroom is edible, do not attempt to eat it and if you do then you do so at your own risk!!

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