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 Scleroderma aurantium
SynonymsLycoperdon aurantium
BiostatusPresent in region - Exotic
Article: Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005). Fungi on trees and shrubs in New Zealand. Fungi of New Zealand. Ngā Harore o Aotearoa 4: xi + 437 p. Hong Kong: Fungal Diversity Press.
Description: Type: Mycorrhizal Fungi; Description: Basidiomata depressed globose, yellowish, covered with brownish scales, 50–70 mm in diameter, arising from the cord-like mycelium; peridium composed of a single layer, white in section. Gleba greyish becoming purplish black; tramal plates white, firm for a long time but finally breaking down and becoming powdery. Basidiospores globose, 0-septate, 8–15 μm in diameter, reticulated, purplish black.
Distribution: Distribution: Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taupo.; 1st Record: Chu-Chou (1979).
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