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 Lepiota mesomorpha
SynonymsAgaricus mesomorphus
BiostatusPresent in region - Origin uncertain
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Caption: 186-Lepiota sp. [Lepiota mesomorpha]: a. spores (coll. COLENSO b 840). | 
Caption: 186-Lepiota sp. [Lepiota mesomorpha]: a. spores (coll. COLENSO b 840). |
Article: Massee, G.E. (1899) [1898]. The fungus flora of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 31: 282–349 Wellington:.
Description: Pileus thin, campanulate, then expanded, the margin sometimes slightly turned up, often more
or less umbonate, dry, even, glabrous, yellowish, or pale yellow-brown, about 2 cm. across;
gills free, about 1 line broad, ventricose, clear white ; spores elliptical, 5-6 x 3 µ; stem 2-5-3.5 cm. long, about 2 mm.
thick, equal, dry, even, glabrous, paler than the pileus, fistulose ;
ring superior, persistent, erect, whitish.
Habitat: On the ground.
Distribution: New Zealand. Australia, Europe.
Notes: Readily distinguished by the even and glabrous' pileus and stem-very exceptional features in
Lepiota and the entire, erect, persistent ring.
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: EM>Figs. 16, 17 Two collections under this name (COLENSO b 840, b 881) are
still in existence but they differ distinctly from each other. More details will be
given in a study of Lepiota to be published later.
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