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 Camarophyllus delicatus
BiostatusPresent in region - Indigenous. Endemic
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Caption: Camarophyllus delicatus Hk. (type) a. carpophores. - b. spores. - c. basidia. - d. cuticle -. |
Article: Horak, E. (1990). Monograph of the New Zealand Hygrophoraceae (Agaricales). New Zealand Journal of Botany 28(3): 255-306 (http://www.rsnz.org/publish/abstracts.php).
Notes: The re-examination of the type material raised doubts about the correct generic identity of this taxon. The macroscopic characters of Camarophyllus delicatus are reminiscent of those reported for C. apricosus, but the two species are well separated both by the shape of the spores and the structure of the pileipellis . Additional fresh material is needed to establish its actual taxonomic position either in Hygrocybe (Fr.) Kummer, in Omphalina Quelet or in Camarophyllopsis Herink (ss. Arnolds, 1986: 1.c.).
Article: Horak, E. (1973). Fungi Agaricini Novazelandiae I-V. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 43: 200 p.
Description: Pileus 3-8 mm diam., convex later becoming plane, orange fading to argillaceous or beige, hygrophanous, conspicuously striated, margin undulated, glabrous, dry. Lamellae adnate to slightly decurrent, arcuate, whitish to beige, gill edge concolorous. Stipe 10-20 x 1 mm, cylindric, equal, concolorous with pileus or paler, dry, glabrous, fistulose, single. Context light orange, whitish in the stipe. Taste and odor not distinctive. Chemical reactions on Pileus: KOH - negative.
Spores 3-5 x 3-4.5 µm, subglobose, smooth, inamyloid. Basidia 24-32 x 5-6 µm, 4-spored. Cystidia absent. Cuticle a cutis consisting of interwoven, cylindric, not gelatinized hyphae (4-7 µm diam.), membranes encrusted with pigment. Clamp connections present.
Habitat: On soil amongst mosses in Nothofagus forest (N. fusca, N. menziesii, N. cliffortioides). New Zealand.
Notes: This delicate fungus may be sought in Omphalina but its characters refer it to Camarophyllus (ser. Microspori). C. delicatus keys out with H. microscporus Smith & Hesler (1942) but differs in its smaller size, other colours and different type of cuticle. H. aurantius Murrill ss. Stevenson (1962) is considered to be the above described taxon.
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