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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Claudopus byssisedus. Claudopus byssisedus

Synonyms

Agaricus byssisedus

Biostatus

Present in region - Indigenous. Non endemic

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Caption: Claudopus byssisedus (Fr.) Gillet (Herb. Hk. 69/74): a. carpophores. b. spores. c. basidia. d. cuticle.
 

Article: Horak, E. (1973). Fungi Agaricini Novazelandiae I-V. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 43: 200 p.
Description: Pileus 3-10 mm diam., ear-shaped, flabelliform or conchiform, convex, whitish or greyish, hygrophanous, dry, striate, radially fibrillose or silky. Lamellae excentrically or laterally radiating, densely intermixed, pink when young turning beige-pink, with concolorous gill edge. Stipe always developed, eccentric or laterally inserted, cylindrical, curved, white, glabrous. Context greyish. Odor and taste strongly farinaceous.
Spores 8-9 x 6-7.5 µm. 5-6-angled. Basidia 27-36 x 10-12 µm. 4 spored. Cheilocystidia none. Cuticle a cutis of repent, cylindrical hyphae (6-14 µm diam.), membrane thin-walled, not gelatinized. without conspicuous pigmentation. Clamp connections lacking
Habitat: On rotten bark (Schefflera digitata) and wood. New Zealand, Europe, North America.
Notes: It seems that Claudopus depluens (Fr.) firstly mentioned for New Zealand by Colenso (1893) is identical with Cl. byssisedus (Fr.) described above. In spite of a thorough study no apparent differences were found between the microscopical and macroscopical characters of Claudopus byssisedus (Fr.) collected in Europe or North America (Hesler 1967: 16) and the material gathered in New Zealand.