DSC_6297 (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. This fruiting body was one of two discovered growing amongst crown fern in cloud forest in December 2021. Otago *
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 *
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 *
