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Weird beard fungi

Chromelosporium fulvum

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

Several of these patches of dense white 'fur' each apparently from a resupinate bracket on the underside of a wet log. Depth of the fur seemed to be about 30mm. Each base bracket was about 100mm long.

Habitat:

On a wet eucalyptus log in rain forest national park.

Notes:

Synonym Peziza ostrachoderma
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:d707e0…

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