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 Tricholoma brevipes
SynonymsAgaricus brevipes
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 flattened, the umbo soon disappearing, blackish-umber or brown,
becoming paler, glabrous, 3-8 cm. across; flesh thick, brownish when moist, almost white
when dry; gills emarginate, crowded, ventricose, at first with a brown tinge, then whitish, 2-4
mm. broad; stem short and stout, up to 2.5 cm. long, firm, rigid, somewhat thickened at the
base, 1.5 cm. thick above, solid, brown outside and inside; spores elliptical, 7 x 4 µ.
Habitat: On the ground.
Distribution: Northern Island, New Zealand. Europe.
Notes: Distinguished by the very short more or less bulbous stem, which is solid, and brown both
inside and outside.
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: Tricholoma brevipes (Bulliard) (1, 16) = Lepista sp.
The spores of this collection (COLENSO b 411) are neither amyloid nor
dextrinoid, hyaline, warted, and measured about 5-6.5 X 3.5-4 µ. As the fruiting
bodies formed fairy rings and grew in fields around Napier we suspect this fungus
was introduced into New Zealand with grass seeds.
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