22 Oct 2025

Putting mushrooms in the spotlight for the right reasons

From Afternoons, 1:37 pm on 22 October 2025

A new photography book has captured the incredible hidden world of New Zealand fungi

Paula Vigus provided the acclaimed photography for the best-selling book - 'Fungi of Aotearoa: A curious forager's field guide' and she's back with her own book 'A Hidden World - Discovering the Beauty of New Zealand Fungi'

Paula Vigus joins Jesse.

This is a photo of Paula Vigus in a forest. Her cameras are dangling around her waist. She is holding a twig with a fungi on it and looking at it in surprise.

Photo: Supplied

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