On rotting wood in rainforests. This sturdy leather has a brown, funnel-shaped cap and a brown woody stem. The cap has concentric zones of white, yellow and brown and is vertically ridged. The shallowly ridged lower surface is white to cream. Generously sponso...

(Synonym Mycoacia subceracea) On wet, rotting, native wood in forests, woodlands and parks. At first glance this species looks like a splash of gold paint on the underside of small, fallen pieces of wood. However, under a hand lens, the surface is seen as a la...

(Synonym Hericium clathroides) On native and exotic logs and stumps in sheltered, damp places. This is a delicate white to creamy-yellow species with hanging spines. These are evenly distributed, like teeth on a comb, along numerous branches which develop from...

On dry, woody debris or rotten branches in wet eucalyptus forests. This small, stalked fungus has a very smooth, white, wavy cap. Pale olive-brown teeth underneath the cap are long, pointed and extend part way down the stem. The thin, woody stem is smooth and ...

On the ground in forests. This extremely rare species was formally described and named from one dried collection. Tiers of thin, shell-shaped caps, attached to a thick, woody, vertical stem,. get larger towards the top of the stem. Caps are red-brown to pale b...