Taxonomy

Thelephora sp 1 ined. Text Patrick Leonard

Red List Status -


Description

Fruiting body: clavariod, branched; 40 – 70 mm tall; branches spathulate to clavate, with blunt rounded ends; cigar brown with slightly paler apices.

Stipe: absent or rudimentary.

Flesh: tough.

Spore print: purple brown.

Spores:

Notes: the clavariod, much branched fruiting bodies with spathulate clavate branches and cigar brown colours suggest this is a Thelephora. This collection has not been examined microscopically. It does not appear to be close to any of the species described in Corner's monograph.

Patrick Leonard 2019

Geographical distribution