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 Cyathus novae-zeelandiae
BiostatusPresent in region - Indigenous. Endemic
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Caption: Cyathus novaezealandiae
Owner: Kaimai Bush | 
Caption: Cyathus novaezealandiae
Owner: Kaimai Bush |
Article: Cunningham, G.H. (1924). A revision of the New Zealand Nidulariales, or "birds-nest fungi". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 55: 59-66 Wellington:.
Description: Peridia infundibuliform, 12-14 mm. high, 5-7 mm. wide at the mouth, tapering gradually to
the base where suddenly converging to a short stipe about 2 mm. long and 1 mm. thick;
exterior dark brown, covered with appressed tomentum, interior longitudinally striate for
about half the depth of the peridium, black, dull; mouth erect or slightly expanded,
revolute, striate, margin entire, even. Peridiola lenticular, 2-3-3 mm. diam., black; tunica
thin, white. Spores elliptical, somewhat pointed at both ends, 11-13 x 5-6 mmm.
Habitat: Habitat.-Growing caespitose on rotting bark.
Distribution: Distribution.-Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, N.Z. ; rare.
Notes: This endemic species has been collected but once. It may readily be distinguished from any
other species occurring in New Zealand, by the presence of longitudinal striae on the upper
portion of the peridium.
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