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Hysterangium

Notes

Truffle-like fungus with fruiting body with columella, spores smooth, elliptical. Gallacea is similar, but the spores lack a utricle (outer, loose covering) and the fruiting bodies have a tendency to develop large schizogenous cavities in the gleba.
Probably ectomycorrhizal with beech and tea-tree.
Five species have been reported from New Zealand, only those listed below have descriptions or images available from NZFungi.

Name (click to select)Image (click to enlarge)
 Hysterangium gelatinosporum  
 Hysterangium inflatum  
 Hysterangium neglectum  
 Hysterangium neotunicatum  
 Hysterangium pumilum  
 Hysterangium rugisporum  
 Hysterangium rupticutis  
 Hysterangium youngii