This morning I enjoyed a thoroughly restorative walk in Waiopehu Scenic Reserve:

The remnant native podocarp forest has some large old Rimu trees. This land was proclaimed as a scenic reserve in 1913-15 after previously being set aside as a waterworks reserve. In earlier times, this land was a refuge for the Muaupoko tribe with the Koputaroa stream providing water and an abundance of eels and kakahi shellfish.

What it has in abundance is fungi. Here are two of my favourites.

White fungi climbing up a tree trunk.
A textured dark brown fungus with fallen moss on top.