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Things grow BIG in North Canterbury! Claremont Estate’s Richard Goord found this monster ‘mushroom’ as we travelled around Claremont's 2,400 high country acres in his 4WD vehicle. Back in 1984 I created a daily Nature Diary and many of my entries related to fungi; I studied and drew them endlessly and became quite familiar with many species. However, the mists of time have eroded my knowledge reserves and I am unable to categorically name this fellow. But it’s definitely not a common edible field mushroom (Agaricus campestris) – this I know because it had white gills and an unpleasant smell. Suffice to say I wasn’t prepared to risk eating it!
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