Chlorencoelia species
Description:
A small, olive-brown to greenish-black cup fungus forming smooth, gelatinous apothecia on decaying wood in lowland podocarp forest. Hymenium darker than the outer surface. Apothecia scattered or in small groups.

Apothecia: 3-8 mm across; shallowly cup‑shaped to flattened; outer surface olive‑green; margin even or slightly lobed.
Hymenial: smooth, surface typical of discomycetes.
Stipe: Absent or very short; apothecia sessile on substrate.
Flesh: Thin, gelatinous to cartilaginous; olive‑coloured.

Common name: None .
Habitat: Lowland podocarp forest; Kauri.
Substrate: Decaying Wood.
Distribution: Auckland.
Season: Autumn.
Biostatus: Unpublished native species.
Edible: No.
Spore print: White.
Macro images:
Chlorencoelia species
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Scale= 2.5 mm.
 
Chlorencoelia species
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Scale= 2.5 mm.
 
Chlorencoelia species
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Scale= 5 mm.
 
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