Clubs/stalks on wood or on leaf/twig litter


 

Most often seen are species of Calocera. The fruitbodies, though rarely over a centimetre tall, are yellow and usually turn up in large numbers on dead wood. They are rubbery to jelly-like in texture.

 

Macrotyphula fruitbodies are fleshy, likely to be found on twig/leaf litter and are long and thin – sometimes close to 10 centimetres long but no more than 2 millimetres wide.

 

Xylaria fruitbodies are stiff and black, though sometimes with a white dusting. They may be under a centimetre to several centimetres.

 

Warning

If you see a cluster of short black clubs or spikes growing from a gall-like swelling (especially on Leptospermum or Melaleuca) you may have the asexual Harpographium state of Septobasidium clelandii (https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Species/Sightings/15389),a scale insect parasite.

 

 


Clubs/stalks on wood or on leaf/twig litter

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Heino1 wrote:
3 Jun 2024
The other, flat fungus is possibly a Coniophora - but it would be a microscope job to confirm (or refute) that.

Mucronella sp.
Teresa wrote:
2 Jun 2024
Stunning a Mucronella sp

Mucronella sp.
Teresa wrote:
26 May 2024
Calocera sp?

Calocera sp.
Pam wrote:
24 May 2024
Thank you for your kind words. I'm impressed by the specimens you've been recording. Some great finds, so thank you and keep up the good work.

Calocera sp.
LisaH wrote:
20 May 2024
I am in awe of your knowledge!

Calocera sp.
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