Taxonomy

Calocera sp 1 ined. Text Patrick Leonard 2019

Red List Status -


Description

Fruiting body: simple, cylindrical, apex pointed; 4 – 10 mm tall; glabrous; bright yellowish orange; opaque.

Stipe: not clearly differentiated.

Flesh: firm but gelatinous.

Spore print: white.

Spores:

Notes: this fungus is characterized by its upright cylindrical fruiting bodies with a pointed apex and yellow orange colours. Almost certainly a Calocerabut further descriptive and microscopic information is needed to make a firm identification to species. Shirouzu and colleagues suggest that southern hemisphere Caloceras are distinct and difficult to identify from their morphology alone.

Patrick Leonard 2019

Geographical distribution