Vote for NZ’s Fungus of the Year 2025

Vote for your favourite fungus, or maybe vote for a fungus that is threatened, or culturally important, or edible, or (on the negative side) one that’s causing an important disease.

Fungi are a very large and often overlooked part of Aotearoa’s unique biodiversity. As a Kingdom entirely separate from plants, and more closely related to animals, fungi come in so many shapes, colours and forms. This promotion was run some years ago when the ‘sky blue mushroom’ featured on our $50 banknote gained the most votes, so we’ve removed that option from the 12 fungal candidates for 2025.