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 Tubaria inquilina
SynonymsAgaricus inquilinus
BiostatusPresent in region - Indigenous
Article: Massee, G.E. (1899) [1898]. The fungus flora of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 31: 282–349 Wellington:.
Description: Pileus 1-2 cm. across, membrauaceous, convex, then plane, at length more or less umbonate,
hygrophanous, glabrous, slightly viscid, striate when moist, livid brown, tawny or hoary tan
when dry; gills slightly decurrent, very broad behind, triangular, rather distant, brownish-tan,
then umber; spores elliptical, dusky ferruginous, 8 x 4 µ; stem about 2.5 cm. long, about 2
mm. thick, thinner towards the base, tough, bay, covered at first with whitish fibrils and with
white down at the base, hollow, often flexuous.
Habitat: On twigs, chips, &c., lying on the ground.
Distribution: New Zealand. New South Wales, Europe.
Notes: Closely allied to Tubaria crobula; smaller, pileus striate when moist, glabrous from the. first,
and stem soon glabrous are the principal distinctive features.
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