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 Omphalina pyxidata
SynonymsAgaricus pyxidatus
Omphalia pyxidata
BiostatusPresent in region - Origin uncertain
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Owner: J.A. Cooper | 
Owner: J.A. Cooper | 
Caption: basidia and spores (melzers)
Owner: J.A. Cooper |
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 membranaceous, umbilicate, then infundibuliform, almost glabrous ; radially striate
and brick-red or rufescent when moist, hygrophanous ; whitish and minutely silky when dry;
1.5-2.5 cm. across; gills decurrent, rather distant, narrow, flesh-colour, then yellowish; spores
7-8 x 5-6 µ; stem 2-2.5 cm. long, 2 mm. thick, even, tough, pale-rufescent, stuffed, then
hollow.
Habitat: Among short grass, &c.
Distribution: Dannevirke, New Zealand. Europe, Australia.
Notes: Characterized by the dull-red tinge of the entire fungus and the narrow gills. Specimens of
this species have been found amongst the New Zealand fungi sent to Kew by Colenso, hence
its occurrence does not rest on the doubtful identification of the specimens alluded to in the Handbook of the
New Zealand Flora, p. 602.
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