Banksiamyces macrocarpus Beaton and Weste Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 79: 273 (1982)

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Banksiamyces is an interesting genus of cup fungi, which are found only from Banksia cones. B. macrocarpus occurs as small grey or black disks on Banksia spinulosa. The discs are most obvious during wet weather, but are hard to see when it is dry. Common Name: None

• Fruiting body
  Cup- to saucer-shaped, 5-10mm, black to dark grey. Prominent in wet conditions but may shrink to near invisibility when dry.

• Habitat
  Grows on Banksia spinulosa cones.

• References
  Fuhrer, B. A Field Companion to Australian Fungi p. 146

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