PDD 73122, 74952, 74955

Fruiting body a stalked sporangium, scattered to gregarious, 250–550 µm tall. Sporotheca globose, erect or nodding, pale pink or white, 40–60 µm in diameter. Stalk translucent, colourless or pale yellow, 210–490 µm long. Hypothallus inconspicuous. Peridium not persisting in mature fruiting bodies, except occasionally as a collar at the base of the sporotheca. Columella slender, short, not exceeding 10 µm in total height. Capillitium scanty, branched, capillitial branches with hooked free ends. Spores pink or white in mass, colourless by transmitted light, minutely roughened and with thickened, more or less circular, platelike areas evident in the spore wall, 7–8 µm in diameter. Plasmodium colourless

Bark of living trees; occasionally occurring on leaf litter and other types of plant debris.

Martin & Alexopoulos (1969), Whitney (1980), Nannenga- Bremekamp (1991), Neubert et al. (1993), Stephenson & Stempen (1994), Lado & Pando (1997), Ing (1999).

This is the most widespread and abundant species of Echinostelium. It is probably much more common in New Zealand than indicated by available records. There are two rather constant colour forms—white and pink—recognised in this species (Whitney 1980). Only the former has been observed thus far in New Zealand.