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

Biostatus

Present in region - Exotic

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Caption: FUNNZ: 2006/0041, See public note for more information
Owner: FUNNZ
 

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 20–80 mm in diameter, light brown to umber, becoming dark brown to vinaceous tawny later, with dark brown to smoky black scales sprinkled thickly at centre and more sparsely towards the margin, convex at first, becoming plano-convex to irregularly depressed later, dry; flesh firm, ivory, sometimes with a pinkish tinge. Gills sinuate to sub-decurrent, moderately crowded, vinaceous buff to russet to fawn. Stipe tapering towards a sub-bulbous base, buff to fawn in the upper third, sepia or cigar brown further down, fibrillose, solid, 30–70 mm long. Basidiospores broadly ellipsoid to ovoid, 6–9 × 4–6 μm, non-amyloid; spore print white.
Distribution: Distribution: Buller, Westland.; 1st Record: Kile & Watling (1983).