Hemitrichia clavata

Stipitate sporocarps just over 2.5 mm tall, growing gregariously or in small groups.

Peridium membranous, apically dehiscent, yellow under the microscope, persisting at the base as a deep cup (calyculus).

Capillitium yellowish-brown, branched, 5-7 µm wide, with 3-5 spiral bands, covered with very fine and minute spinules, with very few free ends terminating bluntly.

Spores spherical, very pale yellow under the microscope in water mounts, the surface ornamented with abundant darker spines forming a small-meshed reticulum.

Herbarium material available: JTP2684/25.