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 Collybia acervata
BiostatusPresent in region - Origin uncertain
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 convex, then expanded, obtuse or at length obtusely umbonate or gibbous, pale flesh-colour when moist, whitish when
dry, margin at first incurved; then expanded and slightly
striate, 5-8 cm. across; flesh thin, rather flexible; gills adnexed at first, soon free, very closely
crowded, narrow, plane, tinged flesh-colour, then whitish; spores elliptical, 7-8 x 3.5 µ; stem
5-10 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick, rigid, fragile, hollow, slightly thinner upwards, rarely flattened,
very glabrous except at the base, even, rufous or brown, wall of cavity of stem glabrous.
Habitat: On trunks, &c.
Distribution: New Zealand. Europe, South Africa.
Notes: Care must be taken not to confound the present species with Marasmius erythropus. (See
note under the last-named fungus.)
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