User:Robigalia

David Orlovich at Lan Yuan, Dunedin Chinese Garden

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Introducing myself

I am David Orlovich, a botanist and mycologist at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. My user name Robigalia is the name of an ancient Roman festival that is named for the Roman god Robius. I chose this name partly because it came about as close as I could find to a fungus celebration, but mostly because I am a cat person.

Projects

Southern Beech (Nothofagus)

I have contributed to the pages on Nothofagus, in particular those species in New Zealand, to add to and improve the information on those species, starting with silver beech.

Cortinarius species

I am adding pages for species of Cortinarius from Aotearoa New Zealand.

• Cortinarius purpureocapitatus
• Cortinarius diaphorus
• Cortinarius violaceocystidiatus
• Cortinarius austrovaginatus
• Cortinarius porphyroideus (added new photo and heavy edited)
• Cortinarius cucumeris (added photo)

Random stuff

• Photo of "Norma" the symphonic organ
• Photo of David Galloway
• Page for Peter Bannister
• Picture of the stone chair in Belleknowes Golf Course
• Photo of ukulele performer James Hill
• Photo of Deconica baylisiana to Geoff Baylis.

List of things I want to do

• List of NZ Cortinarius species
• List of NZ truffle-like (secotioid and gasteroid) fungi
• Update the pages on the purple cortinarioid secotioid and gasteroid fungi from NZ
• Pages on current NZ biologists