Whilst walking on Great Barrier Island, NZ we came across this stunning fungi – Entoloma hochstetteri. An impressive blue colour combined with a delicate structure made it appear almost ‘artificial’ rather than a creation of nature!
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Wow – it’s stunning. Something about it looks poisonous 🙂 Imagine putting in a stir-fry with red peppers, orange carrots and bright green broccoli – mmmmmmmmmm!
Now why don’t we have those in the UK ! Is that for real ?
Yes, growing naturally in the wild!
I saw fungi this blue growing in a field by a wood in Southern Germany outside the village of Jestetten on the Swiss border. I was with a friend walking her dogs. I did’nt have a camera and it was in the 1980s so no phone cameras back then. Never forgot them.