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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Pleurotopsis subgrisea. Pleurotopsis subgrisea

Synonyms

Panellus cremeus
Panellus fulgens
Panellus subgriseus

Biostatus

Present in region - Indigenous. Endemic

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Caption: 74-Pleurotopsis subgrisea [Panellus cremeus Stev.]: a. spores; b. basidia; c. cuticle.

Caption: 116 - Pleurotopsis subgrisea: a. spores.
Caption: 311-Pleurotopsis subgrisea: a. spores; b. basidia; d. cuticle.
 

Article: Stevenson, G. (1964). The Agaricales of New Zealand: V. Kew Bulletin 19(1): 1-59.
Description: Pileus 2-3 x 2.3-4.5 cm, creamy, moist at first drying silky, margin somewhat down-rolled and striate at first. Gills decurrent, creamy, deep, moderately distant. Stipe 2-8 x 4-5 mm, lateral, fawn above, cream below, velvety. Spores 7-9 x 3.5-4.5µm, amyloid (Fig. 2). Hymenophoral trama of loosely woven, thin-walled, somewhat gelatinized hyphae. Cuticle of loosely woven, mainly parallel hyphae.
Habitat: On fallen wood, Hutt Valley, Wellington, 21.6.1947, H. Druce, Flagstaff, Dunedin, 4.7.1948, 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: Panellus cremeus Stevenson (29 D) Fig. 5 = Pleurotopsis subgrisea (Stevenson) Horak.

Article: Stevenson, G. (1964). The Agaricales of New Zealand: V. Kew Bulletin 19(1): 1-59.
Description: Pileus 4-6 x 3-4 cm, pinkish fawn with or without green or grey tints, glistening viscid at first drying smooth and striate, orbicular with somewhat crenulate and waved margin. Gills adnate, concolorous, moderately distant. Stipe 5-8 x 4-5 mm, lateral, pinkish fawn, smooth. Spores 8-10 x 3-4 µm, amyloid (Fig. 4). Hymenophoral trama of mainly regular hyphae with clamp connections, including some thick-walled hyphae. Cuticle of loosely woven almost parallel thin-walled hyphae.
Habitat: On fallen wood, Mt. Egmont, 16.6.1948, Stevenson; &. Leith Saddle, Dunedin, 20.6.1953) 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: Panellus fulgens Stevenson (29D) Fig. 10 = Pleurotopsis subgrisea (Stevenson) Horak (see there)

Article: Stevenson, G. (1964). The Agaricales of New Zealand: V. Kew Bulletin 19(1): 1-59.
Description: Pileus 1-5 x 2-5 cm, pale grey with purple tint, moist, smooth. Gills adnate, concolorous, crowded, shallow, moderately thick. Stipe 5-8 x 3-4 mm, lateral, cream, velvety. Spores 8 x 4 µm, amyloid (Fig. 2/1, p. 37). Hymenophoral trama loosely woven, subregular, some hyphae thick-walled. Cuticle of loosely woven hyphae mostly thick-walled.
Habitat: On fallen wood, Waiopehu, Tararuas, 20.4.1948, E. Cone 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: Panellus subgriseus Stevenson (29 D) Fig. 26 = Pleurotopsis subgrisea (Stevenson) comb. nov. (Basionym: P. subgriseus Stevenson, Kew Bull. 19: 27, 1964)
Spores slightly allantoid to cylindrical, amyloid, hyaline, smooth, 7.5-10 X 3-4 µ. Cystidia none. Cuticle a cutis consisting of a thick layer of strongly gelatinised, cylindrical hyphae, clamp connections present.