Ryvardenia campyla

Lignicolous Fungi; Description: Basidiomata annual, sometimes solitary but more usually compound, composed of many (up to 28) overlapping pilei, often forming a rosette, fleshy cartilaginous, brittle and easily snapped when young, attached by a common, broad lateral base. Pilei fan-shaped or spatulate, 15–25 mm wide, 1–5 mm thick, often merging laterally. Pileus surface delicately tomentose, white to cream, margin reddish brown, lobed. Pore surface plane, with a sterile border up to 2 mm wide, cream to light brown; pores large, 2–4 per mm. Context cream to light brown, up to 2 mm thick. Hyphal system dimitic. Basidiospores obovate, 5–8 × 4–5 μm, smooth, hyaline.