BIOTA of NEW ZEALAND

has host

Beilschmiedia tawa (A.Cunn.) Kirk

has host

Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.

has host

Kunzea

has host

Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps. 1983

has host

Leptospermum

has host

Leptospermum ericoides

PDD (4 records from New Zealand.)

has host

Leptospermum scoparium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

PDD (5 records from New Zealand.)

has host

Nothofagaceae

has host

Nothofagus

has host

Nothofagus cliffortioides

has host

Nothofagus fusca (Hook.f.) Oerst.

has host

Nothofagus solandri (Hook.f.) Oerst.

PDD (4 records from New Zealand.)

has host

Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides (Hook.f.) Poole

has host

Nothofagus truncata (Colenso) Cockayne

McKenzie, E.H.C.; Buchanan, P.K.; Johnston, P.R. (2000)

Descriptions

Horak, E. 1971: A contribution towards the revision of the Agaricales (Fungi) from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 9(3): 403-462.

Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]

Notes

Hygrophorus variabilis Stevenson (28 D) = Cantharellus sp.

Horak, E. 1990: Monograph of the New Zealand Hygrophoraceae (Agaricales). New Zealand Journal of Botany 28(3): 255-306.

Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]

Notes

H. variabilis Stevenson, Kew Bull. 16: 377 ( 1962), = Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb, N.Z.Journ.Bot. 9: 361 (1971).

Johnston, P.R. 2010: Kew Type Specimens - images and notes from P.R. Johnston, 2010.

Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]

Notes

[Notes from Kew Type specimen, PRJ 2010] Other Stevenson collection in Kew, GS 1315, 1066 Collecting year cited in publication differs to the data on the specimen label. Presumably a typo.

McNabb, R.F.R. 1971: Some new and revised taxa of New Zealand Basidiomycetes (Fungi). New Zealand Journal of Botany 9(2): 355-370.

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

Collections Examined

Under (1) Nothofagus fusca. Nelson: Karamea, Umere, 5.i.l968, R.F.R. McN.: Oparara, Fenian Track, 4.i.l969, R.F.R. and R. 1. McN; (2) N. solandri, Wellington: Horopito, I.V.1967, R. F. R. McN. 26391; (3) Leptospermum ericoides, Auckland: Titirangi, Atkinson Park, 13.ii.1967, 24.ii.l967, 14.V.1967, R.F.R. McN., 26388, 26389, 26390: (4) unknown plants, Wellington Botanic Gardens, 12.viii.l949. C. Stevenson 751 (HOLOTYPE, K).

Description

Pileus 0.3-2.5 cm diam., plano-convex to broadly and deeply infundibuliform, sometimes irregularly infundibuliform, dry, subglabrous to finely felted, pallid yellow; margins involute when young, moderately so at maturity, often irregularly lobed. Cuticle a cutis, composed of repent, slightly interwoven, thin-walled hyphae 5-8 µm diam., often with pallid yellow contents, terminal cells unspecialised, clamp connections present. Lamellae decurrent, moderately distant, to 1.5mm deep, thick, edges obtuse, irregularly forked or anastomosing, pallid yellow. Stipe 0.5-2 cm long, more or less equal, 2-3 mm diam., dry, solid or slightly stuffed at maturity, glabrous to subglabrous, brittle, pallid yellow; flesh pallid yellow, continuous with pileus. Spores ovate, ovate-elliptical, or obovate, often flattened on one side, hyaline, inamyloid, apiculate, 7.5-11 x 5-7.5 µm, thin-walled, smooth. Hymenium continuous; basidia hyaline, long, flexuous, subclavate, 55-95 x 7.5-11.5 µm. (4)-6-spored, sterigmata to 8 nm long; cystidia absent. Hymenophoral trama without organization, composed of thin-walled, hyaline, clamped hyphae 6-15 µm diam. Context of pileus pallid yellow, thin.

Distribution

TYPE LOCALITY: Wellington, New Zealand.

Habitat

Densely gregarious or caespitose under native trees and shrubs.

Illustrations

Stevenson, Kew Bull. 16: 376, fig. 4. pg. 7, fig. 7. 1962.

Notes

The above description differs from Stevenson's in that spores are inamyloid, and basidia are longer, broader, and (4)-6-sterigmate. There is considerable variation in spore shape in the collections examined, but as this character could not be correlated with other morphological or anatomical characters, it appears to be of little taxonomic significance. The absence of organisation in the hymenophoral trama, and the long, flexuous basidia, indicate that this species belongs in the Cantharellaceae. The specific name cannot be transferred to Cantharellus as the epithet is preoccupied by C. variabilis Quel. 1882 (fide Corner, 1966). Similarly, the practice of naming the species after the author cannot be followed because of the existence of C. stevensonii Berk. & Br. 1875.

Cantharellus wellingtonensis is relatively common in native scrub and forest, often forming patches several square feet in extent. The species readily fits within subgenus Cantharellus sect. Cantharellus as defined by Corner (1966).

Stevenson, G. 1963: The Agaricales of New Zealand: IV. Kew Bulletin 16(3): 373–384.

Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]

Description

Pileus 0.3-1.5 cm, diam., pale luteous, planoconvex to broadly infundibuliform, matt; flesh pale luteous. Gills decurrent, pale luteous, thick, moderately distant, irregularly forked. Stipe up to 2 X 0-3 cm., pale luteous, solid, continuous with cap, brittle, matt. Spores 7-8 X 9-10 µm., ovoid, thin-walled, hyaline, amyloid. Basidia 60 X 5-6 µm, four-spored.

Habitat

habitat : dense groups of all sizes rooting in bare clay or on mossy banks, Wellington Botanic Garden, 2.5.1947 & 12.8.1956; Whangamoa, 9.5.1956; Catchpole, 3.5.1958; all Stevenson.

Latin

Pileus 0.3-1.5 cm. diam., pallide luteus, e convexo-plano late infundibuliformis, laevis, impolitus; carne luteola. Lamellae decurrentes, luteolae, crassae, moderate distantes, irregulariter furcatae. Stipes ad 2 X 0-3 cm., luteolus, solidus, fragilis, impolitus, carne cum illa pilei continua. Sporae 7-8 X 9-10 µm, ovoideae, tenuiter tunicatae, hyalinae, amyloideae.

Typification

Typus: Stevenson 751.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

Anon.

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb (1971)

Dingley, J.M. (1978)

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

Horak, E. (1971)

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

Johnston, P.R. (2010)

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb (1971)

Lintott, W.H.

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb (1971)

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb (1971)

McNabb, R.F.R. (1971)

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb (1971)

Pennycook, S.R. (2004)

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb (1971)

Pennycook, S.R.; Galloway, D.J. (2004)

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb (1971)

Ridley, G.S. (1996)

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb (1971)

Ridley, G.S.; Horne, D. (2006)

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb (1971)

Ridley, G.S.; Johnston, P.R. (1997)

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb (1971)

Ridley, G.S.; Taylor, G.M. (1997)

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb (1971)

Segedin, B.P. (1987)

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb (1971)

Segedin, B.P.; Pennycook, S.R. (2001)

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb (1971)

Stevenson, G. (1982)

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb (1971)

Taylor, G.M. (1986)

Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. (1963) [1962]

Horak, E. (1971)

Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]

Horak, E. (1971)

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. (1963) [1962]

Horak, E. (1990)

Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]

Johnston, P.R. (2010)

Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. (1963) [1962]

Segedin, B.P.; Pennycook, S.R. (2001)

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. (1963) [1962]

Stevenson, G. (1963)

Global name resources

Index Fungorum - Cantharellus wellingtonensis

MycoBank - Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb

Collections

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Geographic region

Indicative databased records

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

New Zealand

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

New Zealand

Auckland

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New Zealand

Bay of Plenty

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

New Zealand

Buller

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

New Zealand

Coromandel

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

New Zealand

Fiordland

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

New Zealand

Gisborne

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

New Zealand

Kaikoura

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

New Zealand

Marlborough Sounds

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

New Zealand

Mid Canterbury

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

New Zealand

Nelson

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

New Zealand

North Canterbury

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

New Zealand

Northland

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

New Zealand

Taupo

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

New Zealand

Wellington

Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971

New Zealand

Westland

New Zealand

New Zealand

Nelson