View source for Phil Bendle Collection:Weraroa erythrocephala (Scarlet Pouch)

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'''Kingdom:''' Fungi<br />
'''Division:''' Basidiomycota<br />
'''Subdivision''': Agaricomycotina<br />
'''Class:''' Agaricomycetes<br />
'''Order:''' Agaricales<br />
'''Family:''' Strophariaceae<br />
'''Genus:''' Weraroa<br />
'''Scientific name:''' Weraroa erythrocephala<br />
'''Common name:''' Scarlet Pouch

Growing from dead branch covered in litter on the forest floor in a very damp area in July at the Pukatea Dell. It's pouch like cap is bright red in colour enclosing a brown spore mass. 1.5-3cm in diameter and its stem was white and about 3 cm in length.

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