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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Omphalina foetida. Omphalina foetida

Synonyms

Cantharellula foetida

Biostatus

Present in region - Indigenous. Endemic

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Caption: Fig. 33

Caption: 113-Omphalina foetida: a. spores; b. basidia; c. cuticle.

Owner: Herb. PDD

Owner: Herb. PDD

Caption: fruitbody
Owner: J.A. Cooper

Owner: J.A. Cooper

Caption: left caulocystidia with crystalline deposit. Right basidia and basidiospores.
Owner: J.A. Cooper

Caption: cap hyphae
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Caption: FUNNZ photo
Owner: J.A. Cooper

Caption: FUNNZ photo
Owner: J.A. Cooper

Caption: FUNNZ photo
Owner: J.A. Cooper

Caption: FUNNZ photo
Owner: J.A. Cooper

Caption: FUNNZ photo. 5mm
Owner: J.A. Cooper

Caption: FUNNZ photo
Owner: J.A. Cooper

Owner: J.A. Cooper

Caption: fascicles of caulocystidia and spores
Owner: J.A. Cooper

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

Caption: pilocystidia
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Caption: section through cap showing vertical pilocystidia - not really a trichoderm or hymeniderm though.
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Caption: right: cap cystidia. Bottom left: large cheilocystidium?, spores, diverticulate cheilocystidia
Owner: J.A. Cooper

Caption: scale = 10um. Basidia spores and vesiculose cheilocystidia.
Owner: J.A. Cooper

Owner: J.A. Cooper
 

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).
Description: Cantharellula foetida Stevenson (29 D) Fig. 10 = Omphalina foetida (Stevenson) comb. nov. (Basionym: C. foetida Stevenson, Kew Bull. 19: 18, 1964).
Cuticle of repent, cylindrical, interwoven hyphae forming a cubs, with epimembranous pigment, clamp connections none. Spores oval, hyaline, neither amyloid nor dextrinoid, smooth, 5.5-7 X 5 µ,. Cystidia none.

Article: Stevenson, G. (1964). The Agaricales of New Zealand: V. Kew Bulletin 19(1): 1-59.
Description: Pileus 3-4.5 µm diam., fuscous to greyish sepia, overlain with radiating loosely anastomosing darker fibrils, concave to infundibuliform with a waved margin, sometimes with a small central umbo, sometimes opening at centre to stem cavity; flesh thin, greyish. Gills decurrent, thick, shallow, some forking, greyish. Stipe 2-3 cm x 2-3 mm, fuscous to dark greyish sepia, smooth to cottony striate, rather tough, hollow, bulbous at base. Spores 7-8 x 5-6 µm, amyloid, smooth, moderately thin-walled (Fig. 33). Hymenophoral trama regular with hyphae up to 10 µm diam. Strong sour smell.
Habitat: On fallen wood, Eastbourne, 4.6.1040, Stevenson (type); Tararuas, Levin, 18.6.1049, Stevenson.