Cyttaria gunnii – Myrtle Beech Orange

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 smooth membrane ruptures exposing numerous deep orange cavities.

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