Family: Strophariaceae

Fungi:> Basidiomycota:> Agaricomycetes:> Agaricales:> Strophariaceae:> Hypholoma, Leratiomyces, Pholiota, Psilocybe, Stropharia, Weraroa.

The cuticle of the cap is characteristically made up of narrow tubular hyphae, and the spore are dark, yellow-brown to purle-brown, with an apical pore. This family also includes the hallucinogenic fungi of the genus Psilocybe. As well as a number of Sequestrate Fungi.

Genus: Hypholoma

Hypholoma brunneum

Hypholoma fasciculare

Genus: Leratiomyces

Leratiomyces erythrocephalus

Leratiomyces squamosus var. thraustus

Genus: Pholiota

Pholiota aurivella

Pholiota subflammans

Genus: Psilocybe

Psilocybe aucklandiae

Psilocybe coprophila

Psilocybe makarorae

Psilocybe subaeruginosa

Genus: Stropharia

Stropharia rugosoannulata

Stropharia semiglobata

Genus: Weraroa

This genus of fungi are referred to as sequestrate fungi which means that they have lost there ability to forceful eject there spores. In stead they relies on insects and birds to eat and disperse them.
Weraroa novae-zelandiae	Weraroa virescens

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