Crepidotus mollis (Schaeff.) Staude 1857

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Name scientific

Crepidotus mollis (Schaeff.) Staude, Schwämme Mitteldeutschl. 71 (1857)

Preferred name

Crepidotus mollis (Schaeff.) Staude 1857

Taxonomy reference

Segedin, B.P.; Pennycook, S.R. 2001: A nomenclatural checklist of agarics, boletes, and related secotioid and gasteromycetous fungi recorded from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 39(2): 285-348.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Recorded in error

New Zealand

Political Region

Horak, E. (2018)

Nomenclature

Combination authors

Staude

Original authors

Schaeff.

Authors

(Schaeff.) Staude

Publication place

Staude, F. (ed) 1857: Die Schwämme Mitteldeutschlands. Druck der Dietz'schen Hofbuchdruckerei.

Year published

1857

Publication page

Sanctioning author

Fr.

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Agaricus mollis Schaeff. 1774

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Crepidotus mollis

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Class

Agaricomycetes

Order

Agaricales

Family

Crepidotaceae

Genus

Crepidotus

Species

mollis

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Peeling Oysterling

Synonyms

Associations

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Associated organism

Association source

has host

Knightia excelsa R.Br.

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Kunzea robusta de Lange & Toelken 2014

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Magnoliopsida

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Nothofagus solandri (Hook.f.) Oerst.

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Populus nigra 'Italica'

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

Descriptions

Massee, G.E. 1899: The fungus flora of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 31: 282–349.

Crepidotus mollis sensu Massee 1899 [1898]

Description

Imbricated, horizontal; pileus obovate or reniform, flaccid, sessile, or with the posterior of the pileus narrowed into a. strigose stem-like base, soft and flaccid, glabrous, pale dingy tan, then greyish, 3-7 cm. across ; flesh rather gelatinous, soft; gills radiating from the point of attachment of the Pileus, more or less decurrent, crowded, about 3 mm. broad, whitish, then watery ^cinnamon ; spores elliptical, dingy brown, 8-9 x 6 µ.

Distribution

Dannevirke, New Zealand. Australia, Borneo, Europe, United States.

Habitat

On rotten trunks and stumps.

Notes

When large the margin of the pileus is frequently more or less lobed or uneven. Remarkable for the soft consistency of the entire fungus.