Leotia lubrica

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Leotia lubrica is a cosmopolitan ascomycete. It grows singly or in small colonies amongst leaf litter on forest floors. The thick stems are very slimy because of a layer of gelatinised hyphae.

Field Guide to Australian Fungi B.A. Fuhrer
Reprinted by permission.

Distribution map

Map based on Fungimap records to March 2000

Last modified on 28 May 2001

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