The fungi fun quiz featured in the Autumn 2019 issue of the Forest & Bird magazine. Sign up as a Forest & Bird member to receive your copy (in print or digital).
Credit: Bernard Spragg
Fungi Fun quiz answers:
- Alpine jelly cone (Guepiniopsis alpina) also known as poor man’s gumdrop.
- Basket fungi (Ileodictyon cibarium) is native to New Zealand.
- Devil’s fingers (Clathrus archeri), also known as octopus stinkhorn.
- Fairies bonnets (Coprinus disseminatus) last only a few days.
- False morel (Gyromitra tasmanica) is native to New Zealand and poisonous.
- Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) is a most conspicuous mushroom.
- Earthstars (Geastrum) from the family Geastraceae.
- Sulfur tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare), also known as clustered woodlover.
- Turkey tail fungus (Trametes versicolor) is a colourful common mushroom.
- Velvet foot (Flammulina velutipes) also known as the winter mushroom.
- Wine glass fungus (Podoscypha petalodes) has paper-like funnels on short stalks.
- Wolf-fart puffball (Lycoperdon pyriforme) aka pear-shaped puffball and stump puffball.