Trechispora species
Description:
A striking coralloid Trechispora forming tall, antler-like white tufts on leaf litter and humus. Basidiomes 3-7 cm high, with slender, repeatedly branched structures arising from a thin resupinate base.

Note: This species can form extensive carpets, sometimes covering areas up to 5 x 2 metres, creating a continuous white coralloid layer across the forest floor. The basidiomes are surprisingly robust: even when walked on, the coral tufts bend or compress but suffer little damage. Rather than disappearing after fruiting, the mat persists for months, gradually becoming buried under fresh leaf litter.

Basidiome: Basidiome coralloid, forming large, tufted clusters of upright, repeatedly branched structures arising from a thin resupinate base. Individual tufts 30-70 mm tall, noticeably taller than your other Trechispora species. Branches slender, cylindrical to slightly flattened, dividing irregularly or dichotomously. Tips acute, often slightly translucent. Overall appearance antler‑like, with open, airy branching rather than dense compact tufts
Hymenial surface: Hymenium covering all exposed surfaces of the coral structure. Surface smooth to finely granular, lacking discrete teeth. Colour white to creamy‑white, remaining pale with age.
Subiculum : Thin, effused, white, tightly adherent to leaf litter, humus, or fine woody debris. Often inconspicuous beneath the tall coral tufts.
Context: White, robust, composed of loosely interwoven hyphae.
Odour/tast: Not distinctive.

Common name: None
Habitat: Lowland podocarp-broadleaf forest
Substrate: Saprobic, growing from soil
Distribution: Auckland
Season: Autumn to early winter
Biostatus: Endemic to New Zealand
Edible: No
Spore print: White
Macro images:
Scytinopogon angulisporus
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Scale= 10 mm.
 
Scytinopogon angulisporus
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Scale= 10 mm.
 
Scytinopogon angulisporus
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Scale= 10 mm.
 
Scytinopogon angulisporus
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Scale= 15 mm.
 
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