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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Austrogautieria clelandii. Austrogautieria clelandii

Synonyms

Gautieria clelandii
Gautieria tasmanica

Biostatus

Present in region - Indigenous. Non endemic

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Caption: Dried type specimen
Owner: Herb PDD

Caption: Dried type specimen
Owner: Herb PDD
 

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 subepigeous to epigeous, subglobose, white at first, becoming greyish brown, 10–30 mm in diameter, with a small basal rhizomorph; peridium composed of a single parenchymatous layer. Gleba smoky grey, composed of tramal plates anastomosing to form irregular cells which are partially filled with basidiospores; columella much branched. Basidiospores obovate, 0-septate, 12–16 × 10–12 μm, covered with 8–10 longitudinal ribs, greyish black.
Distribution: Distribution: Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, Taupo.; 1st Record: Chu-Chou & Grace (1983b: as Gauteria clelandii).