emFavolaschia /ememcalocera/em is thought to be native to Madagascar. It is an a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_species"; target="_blank"invasive species/a in both Australia and New Zealand, where it may be displacing native fungi species. It was first detected in Australia in Lamington National Park in SE Queensland along walking trails where it is suspected of having been brought in on the shoes of walkers.br/br/I imagine that is how it arrived here in Norfolk Island where I saw larger aggregations of this invasive species than I have previously seen in Lamington National Park. I did not see it in the Norfolk National Park although it could possibly be there as the Botanic Gardens do adjoin the National Park.br/The need for walkers to be conscious of sterilising shoes is evident by outbreaks of potentially harmful fungus such as this.