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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Lentinula novae-zelandiae. Lentinula novae-zelandiae

Synonyms

Collybia novae-zelandiae
Crinipellis novae-zelandiae
Lentinula edodes

Biostatus

Present in region - Indigenous. Endemic

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Caption: 221-Crinipellis novae-zelandiae [Collybia novae-zelandiae]: a. spores.

Caption: New Zealand shiitake
Owner: Jack Bedford

Caption: Watercolour
Owner: G.M. Taylor

Caption: Watercolour GMT1059.
Owner: G.M. Taylor

Owner: J.A. Cooper

Caption: upper: cheilocystidia and spore. Lower: cap section.
Owner: J.A. Cooper

Caption: FUNNZ2007/0637
Owner: FUNNZ
 

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: Crinipellis novae-zelandiae Stevenson (29 D) Fig. 18 = Collybia novae-zelandiae (Stevenson) comb. nov. (Basionym: C. novae-zelandiae Stevenson, Kew Bull. 19: 45, 1964)
After careful study of the type material it is evident that this peculiar agaric is not correctly placed in Crinipellis. Although we twice collected this species, it is with some hesitation that we transfer this striking fungus to Collybia, and we anticipate that further changes will be made to its generic position.

Article: Stevenson, G. (1964). The Agaricales of New Zealand: V. Kew Bulletin 19(1): 1-59.
Description: Pileus 4-7.5 cm diam., fuscous to dark reddish fuscous, plano-convex with down-rolled margin, with or without a central umbo, finely fibrillose with a broken line of long pale coloured fibrils near the margin; flesh vinaceous fawn, tough. Gills sinuately adnexed, pale vinaceous fawn, thin, rather crowded, margins minutely serrulate. Stipe 4 x 0.5 cm, vinaceous fawn covered thickly, except immediately below gills, with fuscous to reddish fuscous, fibrillose scales. Spores 5-6 x 3 µm, non-amyloid, hyaline; print white. Gill margins sterile with balloon cystidia or woven hyphae. Cuticle and stipe fibrils of pseudo-amyloid hyphae, 5-8 µm diam., with clamp connections, some with irregularly thickened walls (Fig. 2/35, P-37).
Habitat: On fallen rotting wood, Otari, 18.5.1947, Stevenson (type); Korokoro, Wellington, 20.4.1948, Levin, 22.7.1949 & 22.6.1958, all Stevenson; Pararaki River, Haurangi Mts., 15.9.1958, Mavis Davidson.