Cymatoderma elegans

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Cymatoderma elegans, large thelophore on wood, with funnel-shaped fruit body on short stalk; underside grey with shallow ridges. Australian collections are var. lamellatum.

• Pileus/cap

  Often quite deeply hollow fungus with no gills or pores, variable in colour from brown to white with light violet tinges at the edges. Underside white to light brown, becoming grey. Strong radial ridges may be present at the margin on top or undersides.

• Lamellae/gills

• Stipe/stem

  Very rigid, sometimes off-centre, usually less than half the height of the fruitbody and can be white to brownish.

• Volva

• Ring

• Smell

• Spores

• Habitat

  On fallen logs in tall closed forest.

• References

  Reference: Fungi of Australia Vol IA, p 166, Fig 48.

Distribution map

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