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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Pluteus minor. Pluteus minor

Biostatus

Present in region - Indigenous. Endemic

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Caption: FIG. 1: 1a, Pluteus minor, x 1 ;1b, spores, x 2000
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Owner: P. Leonard
 

Article: Stevenson, G. (1962). The Agaricales of New Zealand: II. Kew Bulletin 16(1): 65–74.
Description: Pileus 1.5-2.5 cm. diam., convex, moist matt surface, dark pink-fawn to greenish-brown at centre, paler in colour and striate at edge, cuticle of woven hyphae. Gills free, deep, fairly crowded, pale-pink. Stipe 1-2.5 cm. x 2-3 mm., curved or straight, silky-smooth, yellow-fawn. Spores 6-8 x 7-9p, print pink. No cystidia.
Habitat: on fallen rotting wood, Jubilee Park, Wellington 5.6.1948, Stevenson; Keith George Park, 10.4.1949, Stevenson.