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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Collybia kidsoniae. Collybia kidsoniae

Synonyms

Marasmius kidsoniae

Biostatus

Present in region - Indigenous. Endemic

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Caption: 160-Collybia kidsonii: a. spores; b. cheilocystidia; c. cuticle.

Owner: P. Leonard
 

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).