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Daldinia

Notes

Large, black to purplish, hemisphaerical, very hard fruiting bodies. Developing saprobically on fallen wood. Often found with the inside of the fruiting body completely eaten by insects. Taxonomically poorly understood, 4 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)
 Daldinia childiae  
 Daldinia dennisii  
 Daldinia dennisii var. dennisii  
 Daldinia eschscholzii
 Daldinia grandis