Queenstown – A Springtime Foray
My legs fall in front of me and I catch my footing. What goes up, must come down. It's been nearly five hours and...
Fungi at the Orokonui Ecosanctuary
A protected cloud forest lies just 20 kilometers north of Dunedin. It is here that around 300 hectares of regenerating forest make up the...
Bioluminescence in the Bush – Glow in the Dark Mushrooms in New Zealand
Stewart Island or Rakiura in Maori means "glowing skies," but it's not the skies that interest me. My head is down, it's pitch black,...
The Fungi of Abel Tasman National Park
Expanding a hundred meters offshore the tide retreats exposing wavy ripples of soft sand. Cutting across the new desert at low tide, thousands of...
Peel Forest Fungi
Forty-five minutes north of Timaru on the east coast of the South Island, past the quaint town of Geraldine, and a couple hours south...
Fungi in the Fiordlands
Today the rain has stopped and sunlight edges above the clouds, awakening the forest to a multitude of emerald hues. Camera in hand, I...
