Mana Mushrooms

Please contact us if you can identify this fungi.

Please contact us if you can identify this fungi.

Justin's hand, for scale - these are nicer specimens than what you normally see in the supermarket!

These are what oyster mushrooms should look like. Justin harvested them 'aggressively', taking a large hunk of the stem with the fruiting body with the express intent of using the stem for innoculation. The stem is covered with the growing medium or substrate: straw. This is also a decent photo of the gills. The smaller cluster on the left has a more cleaned stem area.

From site:

This section of my web site is the largest which contains general information about fungi, some fun things to do with them and a large collection of photographs that have been taken over many years. Many are from the Auckland region of New Zealand although not limited to this region. This site is not intended as an identification guide although its used for this but rather it's purpose is to show you the beauty and diversity in form and size of New Zealand's fungi.

http://www.hiddenforest.co.nz/fungi/index.htm