Mycena minirubraBiostatusPresent in region - Indigenous. Endemic
Images (click to enlarge) | Caption: trama, basidia & spores in melzers Owner: J.A. Cooper | Caption: cheilocystidia Owner: J.A. Cooper | Caption: section through cuticle Owner: J.A. Cooper | |
Article: Stevenson, G. (1964). The Agaricales of New Zealand: V. Kew Bulletin 19(1): 1-59. Description: Pileus 0.5-1 mm diam., crimson, hemispheric sulcate with 10-16 grooves; flesh thin, red. Gills decurrent, apricot, distant, shallow, occasionally forking, with crimson marginal vesicles. Stipe 3-5 x 0.1-0.5 mm, crimson, smooth, with white basal disc. Spores 7-10 x 3-4 µm amyloid, tear-shaped (Fig. 41). Cheilocystidia 40 x 5-8 µm, flask-shaped to pin-head, with red pigment dissolving in NH4OH. Habitat: On fallen leaves of Elaeocarpus dentatus, Wellington Botanic Garden, 4.5.1961, G. M. Taylor (type).
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