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 Scleroderma cepa
SynonymsScleroderma flavidum
Scleroderma caespitosum
BiostatusPresent in region - Origin uncertain
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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 subepigeous to epigeous, pyriform, often lobed, straw coloured to lemon yellow with a reddish tinge, finely areolate, up to 50 mm in diameter, with numerous rhizomorphs; peridium composed of a single layer, yellowish in section, dehiscing by irregular rupture in several lobes. Gleba olivaceous at first, becoming smoky grey; tramal plates yellow, firm at first, finally becoming powdery. Basidiospores globose, 0-septate, 10–14 μm in diameter, densely and coarsely echinulate, smoky grey.
Distribution: Distribution: Northland, Auckland, Coromandel, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taupo, Wanganui, Wellington.; 1st Record: Chu-Chou & Grace (1982: as Scleroderma flavidum).
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