Dacrymyces species
“Pale cylindrical wood-dweller”
Description:
Basidiocarps: Gregarious, forming small tufts or loose clusters on decayed wood. Simple, cylindrical to clavate lobes, occasionally slightly tapered or rounded at the apex. Individual lobes 3-10 mm tall, 1-3 mm wide; rarely branched. Surface smooth, translucent, and gelatinous when fresh; becomes rubbery and semi‑opaque when dry. Fruitbodies sometimes appear glassy or whitish‑orange in low light due to translucency.
Colour: Fresh basidiocarps whitish‑transperant. Apex often lighter than the base.
Substrate:On rotting angiosperm wood, likely tea‑tree (Myrtaceae / Kunzea) or associated broadleaf debris. Found in damp forest or sheltered woodland microhabitats.

Common name: None
Habitat: Lowland podocarp-broadleaf forest
Substrate: Decaying wood
Distribution: Auckland
Season: Autumn
Biostatus: Unknown
Edible: Unknown; not recomended
Spore print: White
Macro images:
Dacrymyces species
Scale bar
PDD 91958    Scale= 0.4 mm.
 
Dacrymyces species
Scale bar
PDD 91958    Scale= 0.4 mm.
 
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