Hemitrichia calyculata

Sporangia:-  gregarious light to golden yellow when fresh, ovoid 1-3mm tall becoming brownish and expanding to 1.5 mm diameter.


Stalk:-  dark brown almost black expanded at top into funnel shaped cup.
Peridium:- membranous dehiscing irregularly with minute wrinkles, leaving a distinct calyculus with a petaloid margin.


Capillitium:- threads have spiral bands and short scattered spines and numerous free ends.


Spores:- yellowish, finely reticulate
Plasmodium:- yellow changing to red then brown before maturing to golden yellow.


Substrate:- old fallen tree

Hemitrichia calyculata is listed in the following regions:

South Coast


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Species information

  • Hemitrichia calyculata Scientific name
  • Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Rare or uncommon native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Machine learning
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