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cleangreen
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Weird jelly turquoise fungi found growing in New Zealand Bush??? ID please
#14534413 - 05/30/11 04:23 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Hello everyone,
Found this the other day growing on small twigs, on a moss and liverwort covered bank. It would be great if anyone could shed some light on this very cool thing? I took it home and took a few pictures.


peace cg
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Stopwhispering
The voodoo peoples




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Re: Weird jelly turquoise fungi found growing in New Zealand Bush??? ID please [Re: cleangreen]
#14534429 - 05/30/11 04:37 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Really not sure what it is, maybe a Dacrymyces sp. ?
Totally awesome find.
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Chilled1988
Filthy Cunt

Registered: 05/08/11
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Re: Weird jelly turquoise fungi found growing in New Zealand Bush??? ID please [Re: cleangreen]
#14534440 - 05/30/11 04:47 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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hyperjump69
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Re: Weird jelly turquoise fungi found growing in New Zealand Bush??? ID please [Re: Chilled1988]
#14534446 - 05/30/11 04:49 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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dingo booger?
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batmanonshrooms
I'm a Fungi



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Re: Weird jelly turquoise fungi found growing in New Zealand Bush??? ID please [Re: Chilled1988]
#14534460 - 05/30/11 04:59 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Exidia thuretiana or Myxarium nucleatum
Edited by batmanonshrooms (05/30/11 05:02 AM)
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TimmiT


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Re: Weird jelly turquoise fungi found growing in New Zealand Bush??? ID please [Re: cleangreen]
#14534507 - 05/30/11 05:33 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Wow that's cool 
I have no idea what it is
-------------------- "Reality leaves a lot to the imagination" ~ John Lennon
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LuckOfTheFryish
Hi! I'm Fry!



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Re: Weird jelly turquoise fungi found growing in New Zealand Bush??? ID please [Re: TimmiT]
#14534993 - 05/30/11 09:40 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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i love it. thats so awesome looking! thanks for posting! i am sorry i dont know what it is though
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aussieshroom
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Re: Weird jelly turquoise fungi found growing in New Zealand Bush??? ID please [Re: LuckOfTheFryish]
#14535314 - 05/30/11 11:06 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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The world of fungi never ceases to amaze me, learn something new every day
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Sonny Cheeba
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Re: Weird jelly turquoise fungi found growing in New Zealand Bush??? ID please [Re: aussieshroom]
#14535346 - 05/30/11 11:17 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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woah. very neat.
looks minty!
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cleangreen
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Re: Weird jelly turquoise fungi found growing in New Zealand Bush??? ID please [Re: Sonny Cheeba]
#14536341 - 05/30/11 02:38 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I still have it next to my PC and it still alive in the little jar I put it in, no sings of rot yet and I found it 2 days ago, so will see how it all goes, will post more close up pictures tonight.
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LuckOfTheFryish
Hi! I'm Fry!



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Re: Weird jelly turquoise fungi found growing in New Zealand Bush??? ID please [Re: cleangreen]
#14536355 - 05/30/11 02:41 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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yes!
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dip
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Re: Weird jelly turquoise fungi found growing in New Zealand Bush??? ID please [Re: LuckOfTheFryish]
#14536453 - 05/30/11 03:09 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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My good man, how, I ask, have bits and pieces of my brain ended up on a moss and liverwort covered bank in Australia?
How indeed.......dip
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mycoelement
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Re: Weird jelly turquoise fungi found growing in New Zealand Bush??? ID please [Re: dip]
#14538401 - 05/30/11 10:46 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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i have found this stuff often in my local area i have no idea wat it is i never bothered to try an find out as its pretty common around here i didnt think it was anything special maybe it is
heres a pic
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psylosymonreturns
aka Gym Sporrison



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Re: Weird jelly turquoise fungi found growing in New Zealand Bush??? ID please [Re: mycoelement]
#14538413 - 05/30/11 10:48 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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LuckOfTheFryish
Hi! I'm Fry!



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Re: Weird jelly turquoise fungi found growing in New Zealand Bush??? ID please [Re: psylosymonreturns]
#14538438 - 05/30/11 10:53 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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OMG It looks like candy!!!! 
-Fry's wife
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: Weird jelly turquoise fungi found growing in New Zealand Bush??? ID please [Re: cleangreen]
#14538947 - 05/31/11 01:30 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Cool mushrooms, maybe slime molds, post both on mushroomobserver.org.
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cleangreen
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Re: Weird jelly turquoise fungi found growing in New Zealand Bush??? ID please [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
#14539072 - 05/31/11 02:43 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Thanks Alan, I will join up after this weekend and post pictures from kaimanawa ;p
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bloodworm
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Re: Weird jelly turquoise fungi found growing in New Zealand Bush??? ID please [Re: cleangreen]
#14539292 - 05/31/11 05:14 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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sweet finds! 
peace and love bloodworm
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cleangreen
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Re: Weird jelly turquoise fungi found growing in New Zealand Bush??? ID please [Re: bloodworm]
#14610072 - 06/14/11 01:43 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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sorry for the late reply to this thread. I have been trying to find out what this things is, I gave it to inski to look at a little closer and it turns out this is a plant so can we get this thread moved to the ethno garden?
CG
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elprawn
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Re: Weird jelly turquoise fungi found growing in New Zealand Bush??? ID please [Re: cleangreen]
#14610506 - 06/14/11 05:32 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
cleangreen said: sorry for the late reply to this thread. I have been trying to find out what this things is, I gave it to inski to look at a little closer and it turns out this is a plant so can we get this thread moved to the ethno garden?
CG
Is the plant used for anything? If not then it's not an ethnobotanical.
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