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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Armillaria sp.. Armillaria sp.

Synonyms

Armillaria hinnulea

Biostatus

Present in region - Origin uncertain

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Article: Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005). Fungi on trees and shrubs in New Zealand. Fungi of New Zealand. Ngā Harore o Aotearoa 4: xi + 437 p. Hong Kong: Fungal Diversity Press.
Description: Type: Radicicolous Fungi; Description: Basidiomata pileate, centrally stipitate. Pileus 35–60 mm in diameter, pinkish brown, sprinkled more or less evenly (slightly more densely at centre) with dark, coarse scales, sometimes with a greenish tinge, convex at first, becoming plano-convex later, dry; flesh pink. Gills decurrent, moderately crowded, pale pink. Stipe with a bulbous base and a distinct pink annulus, pinkish brown with a greenish tinge, fibrillose, hollow, 40–90 mm long. Basidiospores broadly ellipsoid to ovoid, 7–9 × 5–7 bm, non-amyloid; spore print white.
Distribution: Distribution: Taupo.; 1st Record: Hood (1992: as Armillaria sp.)