Family: Sarcosomataceae

Fungi:> Ascomycota:> Ascomycetes:> Pezizomycetidae:> Pezizales:> Sarcosomataceae:> Plectania.

Ascocarps are large with bright or light coloured apothecia, asci open by an operculum many with sculptured or ornamented spore.

Genus: Plectania

These are small to large black cup fungi with or with out a stalk found on assorted different substrates. Most of which are in New Zealand not described even though quite common, you do have to wonder what our mycologist are doing!
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