Hemitrichia calyculata
(Speg.) M.L. Farr 1974
Description:
SPORANGIA: stalked, scattered to gregarious, 1-3 mm tall. Sporotheca turbinate to subglobose, erect, bright to dark yellow, 0.8-1.4 mm in diameter (when expanded).

STALK: slender, reddish brown to black, 0.5-2.0 mm long, expanded at the top to form a distinct funnel-shaped cup.

HYPOTHALLUS: irregular or discoid, light to dark reddish brown.

PERIDIUM: membranous, yellow, persisting in the lower half as a distinct calyculus that often has a petaloid margin.

CAPILLITIUM: consisting of a dense network of smooth yellow threads, marked with four or five spiral bands, 5-7 µm in diameter.

SPORES: pale yellowt, minutely spiny to delicately reticulate, 7-8 µm in diameter.

PLASMODIUM: yellow, becoming red during fruiting.
HABITAT: Decaying wood and (less commonly) bark, especially that from broadleaf trees.

DISTRIBUTION: cosmopolitan known from Northland, Auckland, and Stewart Island.
 
Immature Hemitrichia calyculata showin the colour change these go through

 
Hemitrichia calyculata
Hemitrichia calyculata
Hemitrichia calyculata
Macro images:
Hemitrichia calyculata
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Hemitrichia calyculata
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Hemitrichia calyculata
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Hemitrichia calyculata
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Hemitrichia calyculata
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