(S.G.M. Fawc.) Corner 1950
A small, pale pinkish‑buff coral fungus with cristate to quadrifid apices, hygrophanous tissues, and brownish water‑soaked bruising.
Fruitbody: To 30 x 20 mm, branched, broadly obpyramidal, arising from slender, tough, white rhizomorphic strands. Colour very pale fleshy tan (“pale pinkish buff”) when young, slowly becoming pale cinnamon, with tips pale. Overall appearance hygrophanous.
Stipe: To 3 x 2 mm, usually branched almost from the base, abruptly expanded above.
Branches: Major branches 2-3, somewhat flattened; axils rounded; internodes irregular.
Apices: Cristate to quadrifid, paler than branches.
Bruising: All parts bruise brownish and become water‑soaked.
Odour/taste: Odour Faintly musty. Taste Faintly musty‑bitter.
Common name: None
Habitat: Myrtaceae forest
Substrate: On woody litter
Distribution:
New Zealand
Season: Autumn to early winter
Biostatus: Uncertain
Edible: No
Spore print: Tan