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 Pluteus velutinornatus
SynonymsPluteus veronicae
Volvaria parvula
BiostatusPresent in region - Indigenous. Endemic
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Owner: B.P. Segedin | 
Owner: G.L. Barron | 
Caption: ZT69-82: pdd88679: Pluteus velutiornatus
Owner: Egon Horak | 
Caption: terminal elemnts of pileus hyphae
Owner: J.A. Cooper | 
Caption: hooked cheilocystidia and spores
Owner: J.A. Cooper | 
Caption: Collection Notes
Owner: G.M. Taylor | 
Owner: J.A. Cooper | 
Owner: J.A. Cooper | 
Caption: scale=1cm
Owner: J.A. Cooper | 
Caption: cap cells. Clamped at septa.
Owner: J.A. Cooper | 
Caption: upper: pleurocystidia. Lower: cheilocystidia and spores.
Owner: J.A. Cooper | 
Caption: Plate 1: 3, P. velutinornatus, x 1 ; 3a, spores, x 2000.
Owner: PDD | 
Caption: Fig. 1: 4a, P. velutinornatus, pleurocystidia, x 1000; qb, hyphal endings of cuticle with dark brown contents, x 1000; 4c, cystidia of gill-edge, x 1000.
Owner: PDD | 
Caption: FIG. 2. la, Pluteus veronicae, hyphal endings of cuticle with dark brown contents; 1b, pleurocystidia
Owner: PDD | 
Caption: Plate 1: 2, Pluteus veronicae, x 1; la, spores, x 2000
Owner: PDD |
Article: Stevenson, G. (1962). The Agaricales of New Zealand: II. Kew Bulletin 16(1): 65–74.
Description: Pileus 4-7 cm. diam., convex, sometimes depressed at the centre, yellow- fawn to fawn, more or less covered with brown or black velvety fibrils; flesh fawn or blue-tinted. Gills free, rather crowded, creamy-fawn at first becoming deep-pink. Stipe 4-6 cm. x 4-10 mm., silky-striate, fawn to brown with grey or blue tints, with strongly bulbous base. Spores oblong-ovoid, 5 x 6um to 6 x 7um, print deep-pink. Pleurocystidia of metuloid type 15-25 x 35-40um, balloon-shaped cheilocystidia on gill edges; hyphal endings of cuticle 70-140 x 5-15um with dark-brown contents.
Habitat: on fallen wood in broad-leaved forest, Levin, 14.5.1958 and 25.5.1952, Stevenson; & Waikanae, 1.4.1949 and 1. 1. 1951, Stevenson
Article: Stevenson, G. (1962). The Agaricales of New Zealand: II. Kew Bulletin 16(1): 65–74.
Description: Pileus 2-4 cm. diam., convex becoming plane, fawn to dark-brown, very moist to almost glutinous, sometimes convoluted at the centre at first, drying fibrillose; flesh bluish. Gills free, thin, crowded, pale-fawn at first, becoming brick-coloured. Stipe 2-4 cm. x 2-4 mm., bulbous at base, silky striate, bluish-fawn, flesh bluish. Spores 6-7 x 8-10um, print brick-coloured. Pleurocystidia of metuloid type 20-25 x 50-70um; hyphal endings of pileus with brown pigment, some ornamented.
Habitat: on fallen rotting wood, Eves Valley, Nelson, 1. 1 .5. 1 957, Stevenson; Taita, Wellington, 18.3.1958, Stevenson; Catchpole, Wellington, 3.5.1958, Stevenson; Wellington, 25.8.1958, Veronica Fell.
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: Volvaria parvula Weinmann ined. ? = Pluteus aff. velutinornatus Stevenson
The observed characters of this collection (COLENSO b 58) are similar to those
of the above-mentioned species.
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