Clubs/stalks on wood or on leaf/twig litter


 

Most often seen are species of Calocera. The fruitbodies, though rarely over a centimetre tall, are yellow and usually turn up in large numbers on dead wood. They are rubbery to jelly-like in texture.

 

Macrotyphula fruitbodies are fleshy, likely to be found on twig/leaf litter and are long and thin – sometimes close to 10 centimetres long but no more than 2 millimetres wide.

 

Xylaria fruitbodies are stiff and black, though sometimes with a white dusting. They may be under a centimetre to several centimetres.

 

Warning

If you see a cluster of short black clubs or spikes growing from a gall-like swelling (especially on Leptospermum or Melaleuca) you may have the asexual Harpographium state of Septobasidium clelandii (https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Species/Sightings/15389),a scale insect parasite.

 

 


Clubs/stalks on wood or on leaf/twig litter

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Heinol wrote:
6 hrs ago
From a photo alone I wouldn't go past genus.

Calocera sp.
Heinol wrote:
5 Jun 2025
Based on photos alone I won't go past genus.

Calocera sp.
Teresa wrote:
29 Jul 2024
Agree with Calocera sinensis

Calocera sp.
Heino1 wrote:
3 Jun 2024
The other, flat fungus is possibly a Coniophora - but it would be a microscope job to confirm (or refute) that.

Mucronella sp.
Teresa wrote:
2 Jun 2024
Stunning a Mucronella sp

Mucronella sp.
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