Story: Fungi
The soft, yellow-orange fruiting bodies of the beech strawberry (Cyttaria gunnii) are about the size of a golf ball. This fungus is a parasite on silver beech. The fruiting bodies form in spring on the outer branches of infected trees.
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Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua
Photograph by Peter R. Johnston
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