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Thinly Branched Coral Fungi

Pterula sp

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

thin branches on this slightly coral looking fungus

Habitat:

tropical rainforest

Notes:

One of the more strange fungi I spotted in Tangkoko Batuangus National Park.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Dan Doucette
Thanks Meister, definitely looks like a species of Pterula.
MichelBeeckman
Could be some Pterula species, but I unfortunatly do not know the Indonesian variaties.
Dan Doucette
Hmmm, the branches seem a little too thin to be C. cristata, perhaps another species?

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