In Oz there is a similar mollusc that is singularly colored, the Pink Slug. About the same size but hot pink. Life is amazing =) I am told Lion's mane can be found locally, and I look, but have never seen it. Perhaps it associates with species other than the primary Spruce, Hemlock, and Douglas Fir I tend to hunt and haunt. Along the river draws there are higher concentrations of hardwoods like Cottonwood and Bigleaf Maple, but that tends to be nasty thickets here in the rainforest, and I ramble in steeper, but less tangled forests as a rule.

I am confident that NZ has a bounty of native mushrooms, and tramping about innawoods might do you some good. I know it does me. I tried living in cities, in deserts, and on frozen tundras, but the deep woods is home.