on tree - unfortunately did not record what kind of tree it was, and have forgotten. Beside a busy transit road in suburban community.
The tree was probably exotic to NZ and planted.
a weird cort i saw a couple weeks ago in the beech forest. in soil around black beech + hard beech, med sized (cap diameter of mature specimens 3-5cm approx), one group of three and one solitary individual about 10m up a bank from the group. very viscid cap, though stipe mostly dry. never seen one like it anywhere.