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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Clitocybe wellingtonensis. Clitocybe wellingtonensis

Biostatus

Present in region - Indigenous. Endemic

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Caption: Fig. 10
 

Article: Stevenson, G. (1964). The Agaricales of New Zealand: V. Kew Bulletin 19(1): 1-59.
Description: Pileus 2-2.6 cm diam., creamy, orange at centre, convex with a broad umbilicus, moist at first, drying smooth; flesh soft, white. Gills decurrent, moderately distant, creamy, margins slightly waved. Stipe 3 cm x 3-6 mm, thicker at base, creamy or with ochraceous tints; flesh soft, white. Spores 4-6 x 3-4 µm non-amyloid thin-walled, hyaline (Fig. 10); print white. Cuticle of closely woven hyphae.
Habitat: Attached to litter in mixed broad-leaved forest, Belmont, Wellington, 20.6.1960, G. M. Taylor (type) & Waikanae, 6.8.1960, G. M. Taylor.