Paurocotylis

Notes

The fruiting bodies are bright orange-red, almost hollow or with chambers filled with loose, cotony tissue, irregularly-shaped, about 2-4 cm.
A truffle-like ascomycete genus with a single New Zealand species.
Paurocotylis pila is saprobic, common on soil throughout the country, often in disturbed forest sites, along the sides of tracks.

 

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Paurocotylis pila