genus fungi order tentative placement family genus contains species grow seed dead species genus plant family endemic australia fruit bodies fungus appear small typically diameter shallow dark cups fruit edges dry fruit bodies fold appearing like narrow slits specimens known described specimens continued collected occasionally years examined critically early 1980s leading creation new genus contain determined distinct species fourth species added taxonomy english described species fungus named collected dead growing banks southern new_south_wales australia generic placement result resemblance genus family additional collections believed south_australia dead unspecified dead species consultation canadian mycologist earlier completed monograph genus transferred taxon genus family species small tough brownish typically grow clusters hardwood woody original collections incomplete certain microscopic features described collections australia presumed variations original collection 1980s availability fresh specimens fungus collected australian mycologist prompted previous collections apparent microscopic differences found suggested distinct species represented collections species differed species warrant creation new genus named species described original initially named fourth species added genus authors study identified additional taxa meet description previously published species called existing species found species evidence strengthened individual fungi exclusively species suggestion proposed classified widespread poorly known family fungi species saprobic woody tissues placement tentative molecular analysis performed clarify phylogenetic relationships taxa order based physical similarity included study subfamily conceded examined specimens description fruit bodies species cup shaped borne stipe stalk colored dark brown black dark grey center dry covered whitish powder edges cup rolled especially dry twisted somewhat flattened tissue layer tissue stalk fungal cells brown variously thin walled covered small particles spherical ellipsoid middle tissue layer cup internal tissue layer stalk contain layer tissue hyphae similar second layer tissue hyphae translucent gelatinous layer present elongated reproductive structures bear groups species cylindrical club shaped contain plug extreme tips absorb color stained arranged rows respectively rarely irregular ellipsoid translucent slight curve tapered contain oil drops covered translucent highly light cells present fertile spore bearing tissue distributed free ends fork branch combining tips form translucent brown layer tissue species named wife senior author discovered growing seed dead northwestern victoria described found dead specific epithet chosen honor discovery type collection years ecological educational conservation work victorian fungus distinguished species larger larger spores tapering tips type collection found fruiting december january compared winter autumn grows dead collected near victoria type species species originally described illustrated berkeley type collection found cone banks new south wales recovered cone near western_australia east cultivated synonyms include range shape elliptical cylindrical dimensions
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