New Zealand Fungi and Lichens

DSC_1862 (Phallobata alba) variously shaped, convoluted, sterile white lobes extending 3-9cm up through leaf litter on the forest floor. There is only one species in the genus Phallobata. It is a critically endangered native fungus known from only a few locations, both here and in Australia. Found growing in cloud forest, June 2020. Otago *

DSC1862PhallobataalbaTrappeaceaeelongatesterilelobesfruiting bodiescloud forestOtagoJune 2020