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Perichaena

Notes

Fruiting body a sessile or stalked sporangium, or tubular network across surface of substrate. Stalk dark when present. Opening by a preformed operculum. Sterile filaments amongst the spores almost smooth. Spore mass yellow. Two species in New Zealand.
Note that only those species listed below have images or descriptions available through the Virtual Mycota.

Name (click to select)Image (click to enlarge)
 Perichaena chrysosperma
 Perichaena corticalis
 Perichaena depressa
 Perichaena luteola
 Perichaena vermicularis