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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Dermoloma murinum. Dermoloma murinum

Synonyms

Tricholoma murinum

Biostatus

Present in region - Indigenous. Endemic

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Caption: 202-Dermoloma murinum: a. spores; b. basidia; c. cuticle.

Caption: 202-Dermoloma murinum: a. spores; b. basidia; c. cuticle.

Owner: P. Leonard

Caption: Fig. 31
 

Article: Stevenson, G. (1964). The Agaricales of New Zealand: V. Kew Bulletin 19(1): 1-59.
Description: Pileus 2-5 cm diam., mouse grey, darker at centre, convex to plane with depressed centre, velvety; flesh white with a thin grey zone above the gills, continuous with that of stipe. Gills sinuate, pale grey, moderately crowded. Stipe 3-4 x 0.5-1 cm, pale grey above, darker grey with ochraceous tints below, longitudinally striate; flesh silky white when first cut, becoming greyish. Spores 6-7 x 3.5-4 µm non-amyloid (Fig. 31).
Habitat: Under scrub, Wellington Botanic Garden, 24.6.1960, B. Sneddon in G. M. Taylor (type).
Notes: spores inamyloid

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).
Description: P>Tricholoma murinum Taylor and Stevenson (29 D) Fig. 17 = Dermoloma murinum (Taylor and Stevenson) comb. nov. (Basionym: T. murinum Taylor and Stevenson, Kew Bull. 19: 17, 1964)
Cuticle cellular to hymeniform with epimembranous pigment encrusted cell walls, clamp connections present. Spores oval, hyaline, neither amyloid nor dextrinoid, smooth, 5.5-7 X 3.5-4 µ. Cystidia none.