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CORAL FUNGUS

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This is a tiny fungus. Each "club" is no more than half an inch high. The name comes from the resemblance to underwater coral and includes a large group of very small fungi. The specimen shown is Xylaria sp., a genus that is widely distributed in tropical forests.

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