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 Collybia kidsoniae
SynonymsMarasmius kidsoniae
BiostatusPresent in region - Indigenous. Endemic
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Caption: 160-Collybia kidsonii: a. spores; b. cheilocystidia; c. cuticle. | 
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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: Marasmius kidsonii Stevenson (29 D) Fig. 14 Collybia kidsonii (Stevenson)
comb. nov. (Basionym: M. kidsonii Stevenson, Kew Bull. 19. 40, 1964)
This species was originally found in lawns under Photinia, an introduced
rosaceous plant. We are inclined to consider C. kidsonii an introduced fungus as
well.
Article: Stevenson, G. (1964). The Agaricales of New Zealand: V. Kew Bulletin 19(1): 1-59.
Description: Pileus 1-3 cm diam., fawn, plano-convex with a sharp umbo, grooved, margin waved, velvety. Gills adnate, moderately distant, whitish. Stipe 2-4 cm x 2 mm, vinaceous grey darker towards base which is slightly swollen and to which rhizomorphs are attached, fibrillose striate, tough, hollow lined with white silky fibrils; flesh vinaceous. Spores 8-10 x 4-5 µm nonamyloid, thin-walled; print white. Hymenophoral trama of hyphae 5 µm diam., with clamp connections. Cuticle of similar hyphae, weakly pseudo-amyloid, with palisade-like hyphal endings.
Habitat: On Photinia litter, grounds of Cawthorn Institute, Nelson, 26.4.1957, E. B. Kidson in Stevenson (type).
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