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3.6 m DW female, 74 m depth, SST 22.6 Celsius

Joint Conservation International, Tindale Marine Research Charitable Trust and DOC oceanic manta satellite tagging expedition.

underwater images courtesy of Irene Middleton

This large bracket fungus was seen on a fallen tree trunk in mixed beech/podocarp forest.
Unfortunately I'm not able to confirm whether the tree species or whether it was alive or dead, however the best matching description seems to be Laetiporus, however I'd like confirmation or correction from mycologists.

Growing on woodchips under Veronica cultivars. Adjacent to Betula pendula; reaction to ammonia reddish orange, not green; cap dry, not slimy; colours, a dull reddish-brown; spore print pale yellowish, not greenish; spores ovoid.

Wow! I had always photographed these as washups but this one was out in the G3 swimming along. Chasing it for photos I got a few while it was under the water, and this shows details that are not seen when washed up.

Then it surfaced - those are the last photos which are not good but show how it changes its shape. Then it decided to turn and come towards me. The only skin I had exposed is between my hood and mask, but not wanting to get a sting on the face I made a strategic withdrawal, and live to tell this story :)

Small juvenile about 55-60 cm TL observed from the Devonport Ferry Terminal. Associated with kahawai, white-fronted terns and red-billed gulls that were actively feeding on small bait fish (?juv. Aldrichetta forsteri).

2.5 m juvenile male white shark tagged and released as part of a collaborative project between Conservation International, the New Zealand Department of Conservation and the Tindale Marine Research Charitable Trust.

The tag is a Wildlife Computers SPLASH10-321A. Oceanmax donated the tag's Propspeed coating.

The first and last three images are courtesy of Scott Tindale.

on soil and small bits of wood. Stem tissue dextrinoid, with capitate caulocystidia, spores inamyloid, comma-shaped 8x 4um, cap with gloeocystidia to 25um long. G. gracilis is based on single specimen on Nothofagus wood. This collections seems to have more gills and a slightly umbilicate cap and on soil with wood, but is consistent with this taxon - until somebody shows otherwise.