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 Marasmius erythropus
BiostatusPresent in region - Indigenous
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Caption: 99-Galerina sp. [Marasmius erythropus]: a. spores; b. pleurocystidia. |
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 plane, glabrous, obtuse, hygrophanous, pallid, disc darker, wrinkled or
rugulose and almost white when dry, about 2.5 cm. across; flesh thin, rather flexible; gills
almost free, broad, distant, soft and elastic, connected by veins, whitish, margin quite entire;
spores 8-10 X 5-6 µ; stem 5-10 cm. long, about 4 mm. thick, hollow, firm, tough, round or
becoming flattened more or less, blackish-red, glabrous upwards and paler at first, rather
pruinose when dry, furnished with white strigose down near the base, inside wall of the
hollow stem downy.
Habitat: In woods, among fallen leaves; rarely on trunks.
Distribution: New Zealand. Australia, Europe, United
States.
Notes: Scattered or in small clusters. Rather closely resembling Collybia acervata, but distinguished
by the broad distant gills.
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. 8 The specimen preserved under this name (KIRK 23) belongs in Galerina.
Spores 7.5-9 X 4-5 µ almond-shaped, warty, with a distinct, smooth plage.
Pleurocystida 45-60 X 14-20 µ, lageniform, thin-walled, hyaline, with clamp
connection at basal septum.
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