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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Collybiopsis rimutaka. Collybiopsis rimutaka

Synonyms

Collybia rimutaka

Biostatus

Present in region - Indigenous. Endemic

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Caption: Fig. 15

Caption: FUNNZ photo. Scale = 1cm
Owner: J.A. Cooper

Caption: FUNNZ photo.
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Caption: cheilocystidia and spores
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Caption: ZT67-168
Owner: E. Horak: © Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 New Zealand

Caption: ZT67-231
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Owner: P. Leonard

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Caption: cap cutis
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Caption: cheilocystidia
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Caption: 279-Collybiopsis rimutaka: a. spores.
 

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: Collybia rimutaka Stevenson (29 D) Fig. 23 = Collybiopsis rimutaka (Stevenson) comb. nov. (Basionym: C. rimutaka Stevenson, Kew Bull. 19: 8. 1964)
Spores 4.5-6.5 X 2.5-3 µ, neither amyloid nor dextrinoid, hyaline, smooth. Cuticle of irregular, broom-like cells, membranes encrusted with brown pigment, dextrinoid in Melzer's solution, clamp connections numerous. Cheilocystidia present. A very common species growing in all habitats in New Zealand.

Article: Stevenson, G. (1964). The Agaricales of New Zealand: V. Kew Bulletin 19(1): 1-59.
Description: Pileus 2-2.5 cm diam., pale cinnamon, striate at margin, darker at centre, smooth, hygrophanous, plano-convex, broadly umbonate; flesh concolorous. Gills free, cream, shallow, crowded. Stipe 4 cm x 3-4 mm, cinnamon, smooth, hollow, more or less equal. Spores 6 x 3 µm, non-amyloid, thin-walled, hyaline (Fig. 15). Cuticle of woven hyphae.
Habitat: In litter under mixed forest, Gollan's Valley, 2.10.1048, Stevenson (type).