New Zealand - 2015

Kepler Mountains Walk -25 - 27 February 2015

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Party - Wendy, Dave

We walked from Te Anau along the Kepler Track towards Mt Luxmore. We didn't have a hut booking, so camped well away (> 500 m) from the Kepler Track. On the second day, we climbed Mt Luxmore and then returned to Lake Te Anau.

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Above - perhaps Ganoderma applanatum



Above - Wendy on the Kepler Track



Above - emerging fungus



Above - spider on this mushroom



Above - White Butter Jelly - Tremella fuciformis



Above - a bolete - Tylopilus formosus



Above - Dogs Vomit slime mould - Fuligo septica



Above - this unusual fungi was growing on the bottom of a decaying log, perhaps Steccherinum sp?





Above - slime mould



Above - perhaps Dermocybe canaria?



Above - Lake Te Anau at Brod Point



Above - Clavicorona piperata





Above - Hypholoma acutum



Above - walking under limestone cliffs



Above - Eyelash Button - Scutellinia colensoi



Above - Eyelash Button - Scutellinia colensoi



Above - Eyelash Button - Scutellinia colensoi



Above - Bisporella citrina



Above - This looks like a fallen Beech strawberry fungus - Cyttaria gunnii - but it seemed to be attached to the ground.



Above - on the open tops of the Kepler Mountains





Above - tarns





Above - gentians









Above - Wendy is happy to be in the mountains







Above - dusk



Above - dawn



Above - first light on Mt Tutoko











Above - after the sun rose a thick mist rolled in



Above - cushion plant



Above - Rickenella fibula

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