Posts Tagged ‘New Zealand’
What could be cooler than this headline: Fungi and lichen garden wins flower show’s supreme award. Neat! The event was the Ellerslie International Flower Show held at Hagley Park in Christchurch, New Zealand. The garden, a display of the plant kingdom in light, sound, movement and texture, uses plant materials associated with natural decay to [...]
Tags: art, Christchurch Botanic Gardens, Ellerslie International Flower Show, New Zealand
Down New Zealand way, the alarm has been sounded. Spore counts have gone through the roof (maybe “sky high” would be a better way to put it) out in the pastures and this spells trouble for those lumbering denizens of the fields–cows. According to Fungus threat to dairy cows soars, by Richard Woodd: The facial [...]
Tags: Australia, cows, facial eczema, New Zealand, Pithomyces chartarum, sproridesmin
