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 Crinipellis roseola
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 2-3 mm diam., shell pink, hemispherical with or without a minute sharp umbo, velvety floccose. Gills few, adnate, pink. Stipe 15 x 0.5 mm, pink. Spores 5 x 2-5 µm, amyloid. Hyphae of tissue with clamp connections, some thick-walled, some up to 10 µm diam. Cuticle of amyloid to slightly pseudo-amyloid, more or less parallel hyphae and hyphal endings.
Habitat: Inserted on fallen dead leaves of Nothofagus cliffortioides, Arthur's Pass, 7.6.1954, Ruth Mason 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: Because of the poorly preserved type material it was impossible to make a
thorough examination of this species. Its systematic position remains doubtful
therefore.
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