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 Cantharellula alpina
BiostatusPresent in region - Indigenous. Endemic
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Article: Stevenson, G. (1964). The Agaricales of New Zealand: V. Kew Bulletin 19(1): 1-59.
Description: Pileus 3-10 mm diam., bright luteous, drying paler, hemispherical becoming plane, matt; flesh luteous. Gills decurrent, luteous, triangular, thick, distant, with a few folds or ridges between, rarely forked. Stipe 1-2 cm x 1 mm, luteous, smooth or indistinctly striate, solid, moderately tough. Spores 8-9 x 4-5 µm amyloid (Fig. 34); basidia 30-35 x 5-8 µm Hymenophoral trama irregular, of loosely woven hyphae up to 5 µm diam.
Habitat: In mountain grassland, Molesworth, 2.4.1949, H. H. Allan; Arthur's Pass, 4.6.1949, M. Hamilton in Stevenson (type).
Article: Horak, E. (1971). A contribution towards the revision of the Agaricales (Fungi) from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 9(3): 403-462 (http://www.rsnz.org/publish/abstracts.php).
Notes: According to unpublished data of Horak and McNabb, this species seems to be a member of
the genus Hygrophoropsis rather than anything else. Both genera are characterised by vein-like, forked gills but are clearly separated by distinct microchemical reactions of the spore
wall.
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