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 Conocybe sp. 1
BiostatusPresent in region - Origin uncertain
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Caption: A, R-S Taylor 64, A. Habit sketch and section; R. Basidiospores; S. Cheilocystidia. |
Article: Watling, R.; Taylor, G.M. (1987). Observations on the Bolbitiaceae: 27. Preliminary account of the Bolbitiaceae of New Zealand. Bibliotheca Mycologica 117: 61 p. + 17 pl.
Description: Pileus 14 mm, warm fawn with mahogany disc, dull, non-striate; margin very scalloped. Stipe 54 x 25 mm, faintly tapering towards base, whitish at base, paler than pileus, darkening downwards with faint silky sheen, solid. Gills adnexed, mustard-yellow near stipe, to mahogany near margin of pileus. Flesh yellowish in pileus, thin especially at margin, yellowish in stipe.
Basidiospores brownish yellow in mass, 15.5-17.5 x 8.5-9.5 µm, medium ochraceous in water, deep brown in aqueous alkali solutions; germ-pore broad, prominent. Basidia 2-spored, 19-28.5 x 9.5-10.5 µm becoming brownish yellow with age. Cheilocystidia lecythiform, 15.5-24 x 7-9.5 µm, capitulum 3-4 µm. Caulocystidia lecythiform 15.5-18 x 8-9.5 µm, capitulum 2.5-4 µm, with a few hair-like cells, intermixed at stipe-apex with 2-spored basidia. Pileipellis a palisadoderm of spheropedunculate cells, 25.5-38 µm broad, intermixed with a few lecythiform dermatocystidia.
Notes: This collection should be compared with C. rubiginosa Watling with similar microscopic details but Taylor 64 was of a rather desiccated specimen and conspecificity could not be confirmed. Unfortunately as shown by van Waveren (1970) and Watling (1971) the pileus once dried never returns to its original colour although it might darken.
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