gelatinous, whitish, pustular to cerebriform jelly fungus forming scattered to coalescent patches on dead hardwoods. Distinguished by its opaque white calcium‑oxalate granules embedded in the gelatinous flesh.
Basidiocarps: Fruitbodies: gelatinous, pustular, hemispherical, lobed or brain‑like, often coalescing into patches up to 10 cm across. Individual pustules typically 2-20 mm wide.
White inclusions: hard, opaque calcium oxalate granules, 0.5 mm or smaller, visible to the naked eye.
Drying: shrinks to a thin, varnish‑like brown film.
Colour: : hyaline to whitish when fresh; may show pinkish, lilac, or vinaceous‑brown film.
Common name: None
Habitat: On native and introduced trees
Substrate: Saprotrophic on dead hardwoods
Distribution:
New Zealand wide
Season: Autumn to early winter
Biostatus: Endemic to New Zealand
Edible: No
Spore print: White