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Calocera

Notes

A member of the Dacrymycetales (the Order characterised by the furcate basidia - forked with 2 long terminal branches and 2 sterigmata), and within the Order characterised by fruiting body cylindrical, upright, often pointed, simple or branched, flesh zoned in transverse section.
Saprobic on wood.
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)
 Calocera cornea  
 Calocera fusca  
 Calocera guepinioides  
 Calocera lutea