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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Hydnangium carneum. Hydnangium carneum

Biostatus

Present in region - Indigenous. Non endemic

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Owner: Karl Soop
 

Article: Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005). Fungi on trees and shrubs in New Zealand. Fungi of New Zealand. Ngā Harore o Aotearoa 4: xi + 437 p. Hong Kong: Fungal Diversity Press.
Description: Type: Mycorrhizal Fungi; Description: Basidiomata subepigeous, subglobose, cream to ochraceous, 10–20 mm in diameter, with a small basal rhizomorph; peridium fragile and often evanescent. Gleba ochraceous, composed of permanent tramal plates, which anastomose to form large, labrynthiform cavities; columella branched. Basidiospores globose, 0-septate, 14–18 μm in diameter, covered with coarse, hyaline spines, pale yellow.
Distribution: Distribution: Auckland, Coromandel, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Taupo, Gisborne, Hawkes Bay, Buller, North Canterbury, South Canterbury, Otago Lakes, Dunedin, Southland.