New Zealand Fungi and Lichens

DSC_1876 (Phallobata alba) sliced cross section showing gleba at the base, and the elongated sterile lobes of the fruiting body, found in cloud forest in June 2020. It is a critically endangered native fungus known from only a few locations, both here and in Australia. It usually grows from buried decaying wood. Otago *

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