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Hypocrea victoriensis
Patches of lemon yellow tissue about 1-2mm thick, on bare, dead, barkless nothofagus trunk. Tiny dark spots (ostioles) from which ascospores are released.
In a tall rain forest national park.
This was previously called H sulphurea, the northern hemisphere version but recent work has proven it to be a different species. A wood-rotting ascomycete, which might also colonize some other fungi.
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:c...
Spotted on Aug 5, 2014
Submitted on Aug 6, 2014
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