SPOROCARPS:ovoid or short-cylindric, crowded or gregarious, dull brick-red or brownish to orange, stipitate;
HYPOFHALLUS: well developed, membranous, yellowish brown, continuous; calyculus large, wide and shallow, smooth;
STALK:stipe about equal to the sporangium, dark brown or black;
CAPILLITIUM: centrally attached, when fresh brick-red in color, fading on exposure, the threads of uneven size, those above, 6-7 µm, below, 3 µm, abundantly branching, marked by conspicuous reticulations formed by the intersection of numerous vertical plates or ridges;
SPORES.spore-mass reddish; spores by transmitted light pale ochraceous, distinctly warted, 10-12 µm in diameter.
PLASMODIUM:white.
HABITAT:
decaying wood, usually that of conifers.
DISTRIBUTION: Nown from Taupo, Auckland and Bay of Plenty.
NOTES:The orange to reddish-brown colour of the fruiting bodies, relatively large (for an Arcyria) spores, and the coarse threads of the capillitium are the distinguishing features of this species.
