Mushrooms

A DigitalNZ Story by Sue Page

Mushrooms of Aotearoa: curated

fungi, mushroom, fungus, mycorrhizae, mycorrhiza, toadstool, Basidiomycota, Neil Finn

Mushrooms pop up in popular culture in much the same way they do in our backyards, forests and shower cubicles.  What can we learn from their seemingly clever networks and connections? What are the benefits of mushroom-based packaging? How has the mushroom infiltrated the culture of Aotearoa? How does all of this weigh up against the stink of a Hawke's Bay mushroom farm? What does the future hold for the mushroom in New Zealand? 

Mushrooms making connections...

Mushrooms bending the shape of things to come that haven't happened yet....(Neil Finn)

Mushrooms standing still....

and outstanding in their field

Image: Untitled (Mataura Ensign 13-5-1911)

Untitled (Mataura Ensign 13-5-1911)

National Library of New Zealand

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(Mushrooms)

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

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Mushrooms

Nelson Provincial Museum

Mushrooms as metaphor....

Mushroom and our senses

Image: pipe, mushroom

pipe, mushroom

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

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Mushrooms

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Image: Shiitake mushrooms

Shiitake mushrooms

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: pipe, mushroom

pipe, mushroom

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Laughing Jim (Gymnopilus junonius)

Laughing Jim (Gymnopilus junonius)

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

roygbiv

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mushroom

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

Image: Favolaschia claudopus

Favolaschia claudopus

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

Image: Strange Attraction ~ Midges and Mushrooms

Strange Attraction ~ Midges and Mushrooms

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Sky Blue Mushroom (Entoloma hochstetteri) Lake Kaniere, West Coast

Sky Blue Mushroom (Entoloma hochstetteri) Lake Kaniere, West Coast

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Cortinarius species

Cortinarius species

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Mushrooms tilting at hands....

Image: Agaricomycetes

Agaricomycetes

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

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Untitled

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

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Mushroom

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

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mushroom

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

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Mushroom

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

Image: Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies

Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

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gilled mushrooms

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

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gilled mushrooms

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

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gilled mushrooms

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

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gilled mushrooms

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

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gilled mushrooms

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

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gilled mushrooms

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

Image: Gilled mushrooms

Gilled mushrooms

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

Image: gilled mushrooms

gilled mushrooms

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

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gilled mushrooms

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

Image: Mower's Mushroom

Mower's Mushroom

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

Image: Gilled Mushrooms

Gilled Mushrooms

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

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gilled mushrooms

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

Image: gilled mushrooms

gilled mushrooms

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

Image: gilled mushrooms

gilled mushrooms

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

Image: gilled mushrooms

gilled mushrooms

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

Image: gilled mushrooms

gilled mushrooms

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

The vegetable (mushroom) caterpillar

Image: Forest Ghost Moth (Vegetable Caterpillar)

Forest Ghost Moth (Vegetable Caterpillar)

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

Image: Vegetable caterpillar

Vegetable caterpillar

Radio New Zealand

Mummified caterpillar

Science Learning Hub