Toadstool, the Maori name for it is werewere kōkako but the scientific name we use for this unmistakable smurf blue mushroom is Entoloma hochstetteri, named after the German naturalist Ferdinand von Hochstetter. Edibility of this beautiful mushroom is unknown and it may be poisonous as many of the genus Entoloma are.
Toadstool mushroom is common in forests throughout New Zealand, where it grows on soil among litter in broadleaf/podocarp forest. It fruits in January to July.
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I think Gramma will be staying away from Toadstool mushrooms, being poisonous and coming from New Zealand I think I’m safe but they sure are pretty to look at.
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