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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Hebeloma crustuliniforme. Hebeloma crustuliniforme

Synonyms

Agaricus crustuliniformis

Biostatus

Present in region - Exotic

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Caption: Watercolour
Owner: G.M. Taylor

Caption: Watercolour
Owner: G.M. Taylor

Caption: spores and cheilocystidia
Owner: J.A. Cooper

Owner: J.A. Cooper

Caption: fruitbodies
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Owner: J.A. Cooper

Owner: J.A. Cooper

Caption: spores and cheilocystidia
Owner: J.A. Cooper

Caption: spores in Melzer's. Scale =20um.
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Caption: cheilocystidia in KOH. Scale = 20um.
Owner: J.A. Cooper

Owner: J.A. Cooper

Caption: ZT8677
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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: Mycorrhizal Fungi; Description: Basidiomata pileate. Pileus pale yellowish to reddish brown, 50–80 mm in diameter, smooth, mucilaginous when wet; flesh firm, whitish, thick. Gills sinuate, crowded, whitish, becoming dirty pale brown, with a conspicuous serrated margin. Stipe cylindrical with a slightly swollen base, whitish, with a zigzag pattern formed of small, woolly granules in the upper part, solid, annulus absent. Basidiospores elliptical, 0-septate, 10–12 × 6–7 μm, verruculose, pale brown; spore print dull brown.
Distribution: Distribution: Northland, Auckland, Coromandel, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taupo, Wanganui, Gisborne, Hawkes Bay, Nelson, Buller, Westland, North Canterbury, Mid Canterbury, Otago Lakes, Dunedin, Southland.; 1st Record: Chu-Chou (1979)