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 Porpoloma amyloideum
SynonymsDermoloma amyloideum
Tricholoma amyloideum
BiostatusPresent in region - Indigenous. Endemic
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Owner: P. Leonard | 
Caption: Fig. 27 |
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: Tricholoma amyloideum Stevenson (29 D) = Porpoloma amyloideum
(Stevenson) comb. nov. (Basionym: T. amyloideum Stevenson, Kew Bull. 19:
15, 1964)
This is the first record of the South American genus Porpoloma in New
Zealand.
Article: Stevenson, G. (1964). The Agaricales of New Zealand: V. Kew Bulletin 19(1): 1-59.
Description: Pileus 4-6 cm diam., luteous more or less covered with brownish-red (claret brown) fibrils, broadly convex at first, becoming plane to shallow concave; flesh yellow. Gills sinuate, moderately crowded, yellow becoming tinged brownish red. Stipe 4-7 x 1 cm, yellow overlain with a few reddish fibrils, smooth, striate, tending to split lengthwise, solid, with a conspicuous inferior membranous ring. Spores 7-8 x 4.5-6.5 µm, amyloid, hyaline, thin-walled (Fig. 27); print white. Cuticle of loosely woven hyphae 10 µm diam., with clamp connections and internal pigment. A definite fishy smell develops in older specimens.
Habitat: Under Nothofagus, Butterfly, 10.7.1949, Stevenson (type); Nelson, 12.7.1949, A. Crawford, Catchpole, 3-5-1958, Stevenson.
Notes: Spores amyloid
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