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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Mycena pinicola. Mycena pinicola

Biostatus

Present in region - Origin uncertain

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Article: Stevenson, G. (1964). The Agaricales of New Zealand: V. Kew Bulletin 19(1): 1-59.
Description: Pileus 2.5-4 cm diam., vinaceous brown, darker at centre, striate at edge, plano-convex, smooth, moist; flesh soft, dull vinaceous. Gills adnexed, pale vinaceous with translucent margins, moderately distant. Stipe 6 cm. x 4-5 mm, vinaceous fawn, smooth, sub-translucent, hollow, fragile. Spores 7-8 x 3-3.5 µm, amyloid, thin-walled. Hymenophoral trama and tissue of pileus strongly pseudo-amyloid. Cheilocystidia 20 x 5-6 µm, ornamented, in a more or less gelatinized layer (Fig. 46).
Habitat: In litter in Pinus plantation, Ettrick, 16.5.1953, Stevenson (type).
Notes: Although near to M. psammicola (Berk. & Br.) Sacc. and M. piceicola A. H. Smith, this is a considerably more robust species.

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: The poor state of the type collection precludes an accurate examination of the microscopical characters of this species. Because of this, it is uncertain whether M. pinicola is an introduced species. The fungus was found growing in litter in Pinus plantations.