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Heterotextus

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 cupulate or discoid, stipitate to substipitate, hymenium resticted to interior of cup, abhymenial surface of thick-walled, broadly cylindric to obclavate cells forming a palisade.
Saprobic on wood.
Three 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)
 Heterotextus miltinus  
 Heterotextus peziziformis