Hysterangium youngii
Family
Hysterangiaceae, Basidiomycetes
Flora category
Fungi – Native
Distribution
Coromandel
Detailed description
Basidiomata are up to 1 cm diameter, subglobose to irregularly lobed, white, bruising brown when fresh, dark brown with pale brownish white areas when dried. The surface is wrinkled when fresh. The gleba is firm, cartilaginous, dark green; locales irregular, partially filled. There are a few small (
Fruiting
Known from a single collection made in April 1988.
Substrate
Hypogeous in podocarp-broadleaf forest, probable mycorrhizal associates uncertain.
Where held
PDD (holotype), OSC (isotype)
Extant collections
2
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