Gliophorus lilacipes E. Horak 1973

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Gliophorus lilacipes E. Horak 1973

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Gliophorus lilacipes E. Horak 1973

Taxonomy reference

Lodge, D.J.; Padamsee, M.; Matheny, P.B.; Aime, C.; Cantrell, S.A.; Boertmann, D.; Kovalenko, A.; Vizzini, A.; Dentinger, B.T.M.; Kirk, P.M.; Ainsworth, A.M.; Moncalvo, J-M.; Vilgalys, R.; Larsson, E.; Lücking, R.; Griffith, G.W.; Smith, M.E.; Norvell, L.L.; Desjardin, D.E.; Redhead, S.A.; Ovrebo, C.L.; Lickey, E.B.; Ercole, E.; Hughes, K.W.; Courtecuisse, R.; Young, A.; Binder, M.; Minnis, A.M.; Lindner, D.L.; Ortiz-Santana, B.; Haight, J.; Læssøe, T.; Baroni, T.J.; Geml, J.; Hattori, T. 2013: Molecular phylogeny, morphology, pigment chemistry and ecology in Hygrophoraceae (Agaricales). Fungal Diversity

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Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Present

New Zealand

Political Region

Anon

Nomenclature

Authors

E. Horak

Original authors

E. Horak

Publication place

Horak, E. 1973: Fungi Agaricini Novazelandiae I-V. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia. 43.

Year published

1973

Publication page

178

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ICN

Basionym

Gliophorus lilacipes E. Horak 1973

Type locality

NZ holotype

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Gliophorus lilacipes

Typification

Holotype (PDD 27097); Isotype (Herb. HK. ZT 69/325): 'Track to Mt. Luxmore, Lake Te Anau, Fjordland, New Zealand; leg. Horak, 9.IV.1969'

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Class

Agaricomycetes

Order

Agaricales

Family

Hygrophoraceae

Genus

Gliophorus

Species

lilacipes

Synonyms

Hygrocybe lilacipes (E. Horak) Boertm. 2002

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Associated organism

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has host

Cyatheales

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Fuscospora fusca

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Kunzea

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Lophozonia menziesii (Hook.f.) Heenan & Smissen 2013

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Nothofagus solandri (Hook.f.) Oerst.

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Sequoia

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

Descriptions

Horak, E. 1973: Fungi Agaricini Novazelandiae I-V. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia. 43.

Gliophorus lilacipes E. Horak 1973

Collections Examined

Holotype (PDD 27097); Isotype (Herb. HK. ZT 69/325): 'Track to Mt. Luxmore, Lake Te Anau, Fjordland, N.Z.; leg. Horak, 9.IV.1969'. - Herb. HK. ZT 68/28: 'Nelson Creek, Kopara, Ngahere, Prov. Westcoast, N.Z.; leg. Horak, 16.I.1968'.

Description

Pileus 15-45 mm diam., hemispherical when young later becoming plano-convex, aged specimen broadly umbilicate, deep green-blue fading to blue-brown or greenish-blue, darker at the centre, glutinous, margin striated, hygrophanous, glabrous. Lamellae broadly adnate to decurrent, lilac-blue or greenish-bluish, fading, distant; gill edge with gelatinized, grey coloured thread. Stipe 20-60 x 2-5 mm, cylindric, equal to attenuated towards the lilac apex, yellowish or ochraceous at the base, glutinous, hollow, single. Context: deep lilac at the upper portions of the stipe, reddish on drying. Taste and odor not distinctive. Chemical reactions on pileus: KOH - orange to pink; NH3 and HCl- negative. Spores 4.5-6 x 3-4.5 µm, ovoid, smooth, inamyloid. basidia 25-35 x 5 µm, 4-spored. Cheilocystidia forming a sterile gill edge, consisting of cylindric cells densely interwoven and branched at the tips, strongly gelatinized and forming the glutinous thread, 2-6 µm diam. Epicutis of repent or suberect, cylindric gelatinized hyphae (2-7 µm diam.), occasionally branched at the free ends, forming an ixocutis. Clamp connections present.

Habitat

On soil in Nothofagus forest with Dacrydium, Weinmannia, etc. New Zealand.

Latin

Pileo 15-45 mm lato, ex hemisphaerico plano-convexo, aetate umbilicato, glauco vel azureoviridi, glutinoso, striato. Lamellis decurrent bus, glaucis vel lilaceis, filo glutinoso instructis. Stipite 20-60 x 2-5 mm, cylindrico, apicaliter lilaceo, basim versus ochraceo, glutinoso, cavo. Sporis 4.5-6 x 3-4.5 µm, ovatis. Cheilocystidiis gelatinosis ramificatis, 2-5 µm latis. Epicute ex hyphis gelatinosis hyalinis repentibusque cutem formantibus. Septis fibulatis. Ad terram in silvis nothofagineis. Novazelandia.

Notes

Aging and drying change the colours of this beautiful polychromous species and one is puzzled to see many different shades and combinations of its typical colours. However, the lilac-blue tints at the upper part of the stipe and the relatively small spores are distinctive characters for its identification.

Typification

Holotypus (PDD 27097): 'Mt. Luxmore, Lake Te Anau, N.Z.; leg. Horak, 9.IV.1969'.

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

Gliophorus lilacipes E. Horak 1973

Collections Examined

SPECIMENS: NZ: NA, Omahuta, Kauri Reserve, ZT 529; Waitakere Ranges, Lucy Cranwell Track, Herb. McNabb, No.6 (PDD); LBI, Thumb Track, ZT 974. - G, Urewera N. P., Ngamoko Track, ZT 625. - WL, Ahaura, Nelson Creek, Kopara, ZT 68/28.

Description

Pileus -45 mm, hemispherical becoming planoconvex, broadly umbilicate in aged specimens brilliant green-blue, fading to blue-brown or greenish blue, darker at centre; glutinous, margin striate, hygrophanous, glabrous. - Lamellae 8-14 (1 -3) distant, broadly adnate to decurrent; lilac-blue or pale green-blue, fading with age, edges concolorous with gelatinised, grey thread. - Stipe 20-60 x 25 mm, cylindrical, equal to attenuated towards apex; lilac to pale blue above, yellowish or ochraceous at base; glutinous, hollow, single. - Context brilliant lilac in upper portion of stipe, yellow-orange in base, reddish on drying. - Odour and taste not distinctive. - Chemical reactions on pileus: KOH - orange to pink; HCI, NH₃ - negative. Spores 5-7 x 3-4um, ovoid. - Basidia 25-45 x 5-6 um, 4-spored. - Cheilocystidia forming sterile edge, composed of cylindrical, densely interwoven hyphae (2-6 um diam.), occasionally branched at tips, membrane strongly gelatinised. -Pileipellis an ixocutis of repent to suberect, cylindrical hyphae (27 um diam.), sometimes with branched tips, membranes strongly gelatinised, with plasmatic pigment; clamp connections present (P1. 1, Fig. 6).

Distribution

DISTRIBUTION: NZ (NA, G, WL, SL).

Habitat

ECOLOGY: Common; saprobic on soil among litter in broadleaved-conifer forests Nothofagus Leptospermum, Weinmannia, Dacrydium, Agathis), occasionally also on rotten wood or on debris of tree fems. January-June.

Illustrations

ICON.: Stevenson (1962: pl.8, fig.1: 3 basidiomes on right side, as "H. viridis"); Horak (1973: 178); Taylor (1981: no. 44, as "G. versicolor").

Typification

TYPE: NZ: SL, Te Anau, track to Mt Luxmore under Nothofagus menziesii, N. solandri var, cliffortioides, Dacrydium cupressinum, Weinmannia racemosa), 9 iv 1969, Horak, PDD 27097.