Favolaschia

Notes

The pores on the undersides of the caps suggest a relationship with the boletes, but Favolaschia is in fact related to the mushroom Mycena. Fruiting bodies are small, but often found in large numbers.
There are 3 native species, F. pustulosa on fallen wood, and F. cyatheae and F. austrocyatheae on dead tree fern fronds. The tree fern-inhabiting species have been misidentified n the New Zealand literature as the Japanese palm-inhabiting species, F. peziziformis. Favolaschia minima, a tiny species found on dead leaves of native grasses and sedges, is now placed in Panellus, based on a molecular study.

 

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Favolaschia calocera
Detail of pores of F. calocera.
Typically found in large swarms. Accidentally introduced to New Zealand in the late 1950's, this fungus is now common in forests of the North Island and the West Coast of the South Island (rare south of Greymouth). This is one of the few introduced fungi

Favolaschia pustulosa
This species often found on fallen tawa.

Favolaschia calocera
Detail of pores of F. calocera.
Typically found in large swarms. Accidentally introduced to New Zealand in the late 1950's, this fungus is now common in forests of the North Island and the West Coast of the South Island (rare south of Greymouth). This is one of the few introduced fungi