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 Collybia druceae
SynonymsMarasmius druceae
BiostatusPresent in region - Indigenous. Endemic
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Caption: 88-Collybia drucei: a. spores; b. cuticle. | 
Caption: ZT68-279
Owner: E. Horak: © Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 New Zealand | 
Caption: ZT0823
Owner: E. Horak: © Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 New Zealand | 
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Article: Horak, E. (1971). A contribution towards the revision of the Agaricales (Fungi) from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 9(3): 403-462 (http://www.rsnz.org/publish/abstracts.php).
Description: Marasmius drucei Stevenson (29 D) Fig. 7 = Collybia drucei (Stevenson) comb.
nov. (Basionym: M. drucei Stevenson, Kew Bull. 19: 40, 1964)
Cuticle of interwoven, cylindrical, partially gelatinised hyphae with clamp
connections. Spores comma-like, hyaline, neither amyloid nor dextrinoid, smooth,
7.5-9 X 3.5-4 µ. Cystidia none.
Article: Stevenson, G. (1964). The Agaricales of New Zealand: V. Kew Bulletin 19(1): 1-59.
Description: Pileus 1-4.5 cm diam., pale testaceous, darker at centre, becoming somewhat striate and grooved at margins, plano-convex to plane with a waved margin velvety; flesh pinkish, tough. Gills adnexed, moderately distant, pinkish fawn, paler at serrulate margins. Stipe 2-4 cm x 2-4 mm, pale pinkish-buff velvety, hollow, moderately tough. Spores 8 x 4µm, non-amyloid, thin-walled (Fig. 24). Print white. Cuticle cellular of a faintly pseudo-amyloid palisade overlying woven pseudo-amyloid hyphae 5-8 µm diam.
Habitat: On old Cyathea medullaris stump, Wellington Botanic Garden, 26.4.1949, Stevenson (type); on Nothofagus litter, Silverstream, 21.4.1958, H. Druce.
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