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 Collybia laccatina
SynonymsAgaricus laccatinus
BiostatusPresent in region - Origin uncertain
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Caption: 162-Naucoria sp. [Collybia laccatina]: a. spores. |
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: Caespitose. Pileus subglobose, then expanding until plano-convex, thin, glabrous, margin
sulcate, pale fleshy-red or brownish red, 1-2 cm. across; gills adnate, distant, thick, coloured
like the pileus but not such a deep tint, mealy with the spores, which are elliptical and
measure 5 x 3 µ; stem 1.5-3 cm. long, 2 mm. thick, fibrillose, paler in colour than the pileus.
Habitat: On dead logs, &c.
Distribution: Dannevirke, New Zealand. Australia.
Notes: Berkeley was mistaken in considering the present species as belonging to his genus Laccaria,
as I have examined his type specimen, also Colenso's New Zealand specimens, both of which
have elliptical spores, as described above. Cooke evidently did not examine Berkeley's
specimens, but copied his mistake, and printed it in Austr. Fung, p. 17.
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: Fig. 14 = Naucoria sp. The preserved material (COLENSO b 760) is so badly
damaged by insects that it is impossible to determine the structure of the cuticle or
to find any cystidia. Spores slightly kidney-shaped, brownish in KOH, smooth,
without germ pore, 8-9.5 X 4.5-5.5 µ. Because of the size and shape of the spores,
we have no hesitation in placing this fungus in Naucoria. The genus is represented
by several species in New Zealand's forests. The type of the taxon was redescribed
by Pegler (1965) and belongs to Collybia.
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