Emergent from deep leaf litter of mostly rimu (Dacrycarpus cupressinum) under a dense canopy of rimu, kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides) and totara (Podocarpus totara var. totara) with senescent rawirinui (Kunzea robusta). Fruiting bodies glaucescent grey, very robust, bases almost woody, fruiting structure much branched, very rigid, divisions snapping rather than flexing - large examples seen 110 mm tall by 100 mm diameter.

Voucher: P.J. de Lange 14139 & T.J.P. de Lange, PDD, UNITEC 9911