Ramariopsis cremicolor
R.H. Petersen 1988
Description:
A very slender cream‑coloured coral fungus with off‑white awl‑shaped apices and branches that slowly darken from the base. Found on woody debris.

Fruitbody: up to 30 x 10 mm, branched, very slender, arising from small white mycelial pads.
Stipe: to 14 x 1 mm, discrete; off-white when young, slowly becoming cream-coloured or pallid tan from the base upward. With age, these colours gradually suffuse into the branches.
Branches: dichotomous throughout, less than 1 mm thick, erect to ascending; off-white to ivory. Axils rounded.
Apices: off‑white, remaining so, awl-shaped and delicate.
Odour/taste: negligible.

Common name: None
Habitat: Myrtaceae and Lowland podocarp-broadleaf forest
Substrate: Woody debris
Distribution: North Island
Season: Autumn to early winter
Biostatus: Endemic to New Zealand
Edible: No
Spore print: White
Macro images:
Gomphus species
Scale bar
Scale= 6 mm.
 
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