Reticularia splendens

Appearance

ethalia pulvinate, solitary or gregarious, 0.5-6 cm broad, up to 1 cm high, reddish brown or umber. Cortex tough-cartilaginous, smooth or roughened. Hypothallus white, usually forming a conspicuous ring about the base of the aethalium. Pseudocapillitium a persistent uniform network of anastomosed, perforated plates arising from the base and cortex and remaining attached, sometimes with frayed margins or lobes. Spore-mass brown. Spores free, pale brownish yellow, distinctly banded-reticulate over about two-thirds of the surface, the remainder finely warted, 7-9 µm diam. Plasmodium watery white, changing through rose to brown.