Anthracophyllum

Notes

Spore print white. Small fruiting bodies, often in large groups, attached laterally to wood or twigs. Flesh leathery and gills often fold-like and poorly defined.
There are 3 species reported for New Zealand, all indigenous, one also known from Australia.
Saprobic, found on dead twigs and small branches.
Some Marasmiellus species have the same combination of small, leathery fruiting bodies with lateral attachement. The genera are distinguished microscopically.

 

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Anthracophyllum pallidum