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Black-headed Monitor (Varanus tristis)Observer
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Found curled up in a small hollow in a cliff in Broome, West Australia. I thought it might be a snake but can't ID it, but maybe some kind of large lizard? Sorry not great photos, tricky to get close to!
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Sheetweb Spiders (Genus Cambridgea)Observer
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Found in Golden Bay, top of South Island, NZ.
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
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Puffball like fungi found on Mt Robert, Nelson Lakes NP. Looked like macaroons!
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Myosotis macranthaObserver
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Looked very similar to Forget me not but the way the flower opens is quite different I think. There was also one mauve flowered one nearby. Growing on a stony riverbed in a low alpine area.
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Ourisia caespitosaObserver
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Found in the valley leading up to Lake Crucible, Mt Aspiring NP.
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Tribe StyphelieaeObserver
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Island Hills Station, North Canterbury. Flowers like a Heather and leaves like a hebe. Small shrub.
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Green Bird Orchid (Chiloglottis cornuta)Observer
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Found in beech forest, small group of plants together. Island Hills Station, North Canterbury.
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Mountain Caps Orchid (Caladenia lyallii)Observer
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Nelson Lakes NP area. One single strap like leaf, all the flowers were singles.
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Something...Observer
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A pine cone but not sure what Pinus species it is from.
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Genus CyclosalpaObserver
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Washed up in large numbers, many singles but also in rows like shown in photo. Mainly clear but with a dark hard spiral like area in one end. Unsure if egg cases or jellyfish. Not seen in this area before.
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True Slime Molds (Class Myxomycetes)Observer
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Found on the roof of my wood box, felt like fluff and released a lot of brown spores when moved. I have never observed it before. Growing in the Tasman Region, NZ.
This site suggested chocolate tube slime but slime would not be correct for this fungi. Any ID help appreciated.
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Something...Observer
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A weed found only this year growing in both the Mapua and Golden Bay regions. I have not observed it before. Love to know what it is and why it has only just showed up in both my gardens.
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Verdigris Waxcap (Gliophorus viridis)Observer
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Possibly a wax gill mushroom, I think it's a Hygrocybe viridis, very beautiful, I've not seen a green one before.
