On branches of Myrtle Beech in cool temperate rainforests. The yellow-orange fruit-body of this fungus has a unique globular shape. It grows in bunches around galls formed by the fungus. When young, it looks like a tiny washed-out orange, but as it matures the...

In high altitude grasslands and woodlands, and elsewhere in rich soils. Bright red arms on a hollow stem burst from an egg. Each arm splits into two at the tip. The slimy spore mass is concentrated on the disc at the top of the stem. The smell is like rotting ...

In sandy soils of Australian deserts. This is a small, rare, stalked puffball whose distinctive feature is the irregular splitting of the sandy-coloured spore sac. This sac peels back like petals on a flower to expose the brown spore mass. Most of the stem rem...

On the ground. A common and persistent fungus in arid and semi-arid areas. This club-shaped puffball consists of a papery, elongated cap on a rigid, woody stem. The cap is white with shaggy scales, often with patches of brown and black. At maturity it splits a...

On the ground, amongst litter and bryophytes in Myrtle Beech forests. Only the brown head of this species appears above the litter. The head containing the spore sac appears pale brown and ‘blistered’ after the outer layer flakes off, and there is ...