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Fungi:> Basidiomycota:> Hymenomycetes:> Dacrymycetales:> Dacrymycetaceae:> Calocera, Heterotextus.
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The member of this order grow saprophytic on wood. The fruiting bodies are gelatinous, but very diverse in shape and size ranging from very small dot-like structures, to erect branched, antler shaped forms.  
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Genus: Calocera  
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Species: Calocera cornea (Batsch) Fr.
More imagesCalocera cornea
Common Name: None
Found: Native Forest
Substrate: Growing from wood
Spores: ?
 Height: 15 mm
Width: 2 mm
Season: After rain
Edible: No
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Species: Calocera fusca Lloyd
More imagesCalocera fusca
Common Name: None
Found: Native Forest
Substrate: Growing from wood
Spores: ?
 Height: 25 mm
Width: 2 mm
Season: Autumn
Edible: No
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Genus: Heterotextus  
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Species: Heterotextus miltinus More imagesHeterotextus miltinus
Common Name: None
Found: Nothofagus
Substrate: Wood
Spores: ?
 Height: 6 mm
Width: 5 mm
Season: Autumn
Edible: No
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Genus: Heterotextus  
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Species: Dacrymyces cupularis More imagesDacrymyces cupularis
Common Name: None
Found: Native Forest
Substrate: Wood
Spores: White
Height: 10 mm
Width: 3 mm
Season: Autumn
Edible: No
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Unidentified  
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The fungi below are those that I have been unable to identify beyond there genus. This maybe due to me miss understanding the keys or a species that has not yet been described (named).  
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Species: Dacrymyces sp.
More imagesSporesDacrymyces sp.
Common Name: None
Found: Native Forest
Substrate: Rotting Wood
Spore: White
Height: 40 mm
Width: 35 mm
Season: Autumn
Edible: No
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Species: Heterotextus sp.
Very likely Heterotextus miltinus that are a little old and have lost their shape.
Close upHeterotextus sp.
Common Name: None
Found: Leptospermum bush
Substrate: Small dead branches
Spore: White
Height: 2.5 mm
Width: 3 mm
Season: Spring
Edible: No
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