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Gliophorus viridis (G. Stev.) E. Horak 1971

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Gliophorus viridis (G. Stev.) E. Horak, New Zealand J. Bot. 9 462 (1971)
Gliophorus viridis (G. Stev.) E. Horak 1971

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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Young 1999

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E. Horak
G. Stev.
(G. Stev.) E. Horak
1971
462
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NZ holotype
species
Gliophorus viridis

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Gliophorus viridis (G. Stev.) E. Horak 1971

Hygrophorus viridis Stevenson (28 D) = Gliophorus viridis (Stevenson) comb. nov. (Basionym: H. viridis Stevenson, Kew Bull. 16: 383, 1962)
Holotype (K): 'Levin, N.Z.; leg. Stevenson (338), 26.VI.1948'. - Herb. HK. ZT 68/514: 'Near Filter station, NW of Dunedin, N.Z.; leg. Horak, 30.V.1968'.
Pileus 10-15(-35) mm diam., hemispherical when young becoming convex or even expanded, herbage green to malachite green, darker at the centre, glutinous, striated at the sharp margin. Lamellae adnate to subdecurrent, whitish-greenish, moderately close, gill edge even, concolorous, without gelatinous thread. Stipe 15-50 x 2-3 mm, cylindric, equal, apex concolorous with pileus, orange-grey to yellowish towards the base, glutinous except uppermost portion, hollow, single. Context green in pileus, orange-grey at the base of the stipe, unchanging. Odor slightly alkaline. Taste mild. Chemical reactions on pileus: KOH - yellow. Spores 7-8(-9) x 4-5 µm, ellipsoid, smooth, inamyloid. Basidia 35-45 x 5-7 µm, 4-spored. Cystidia lacking. Cuticle an ixotrichodermium consisting of erect, cylindric, apically branched hyphae (2-5µm diam.), membranes strongly gelatinized, thin-walled. Clamp connections numerous.
On soil in broadleaf forest (Fuchsia, Melicytus), Podocarpus, Dacrydium, etc. New Zealand.
Stevenson 1962: Fig. 2/20, Pl. 8/1; Taylor 1970 (back cover).
This beautiful species (see Taylor 1970) differs from G. graminicolor Hk., another green coloured Hygrophoraceae from New Zealand, in its adnate (!) lamellae, larger spores, and absence of an unpleasant odor.

Gliophorus viridis (G. Stev.) E. Horak 1971

SPECIMENS: NZ: G, Urewera N.P., Ngamoko Track, ZT 68/614. -SL, Dunedin, near Filter station, ZT 68/ 614.
Pileus -15(-35) mm, hemispherical becoming convex to expanded; green to malachite green, darker at centre, fading with age; glutinous, hygrophanous, striate at margin. - Lamellae 8-12 (1 -3) subdistant, adnate to subdecurrent with short tooth; pale green fading to whitish, edges concolorous, entire, without glutinous thread. - Stipe 15-50 x 2-3 mm, cylindrical, equal; green at apex, orange to pale yellow towards base; glutinous, hollow, single. - Context green in pileus, orange-grey in base of stipe, waxy, unchanging. - Odour slightly alkaline. - Taste not distinctive. – Chemical reactions on pileus: KOH - yellow. Spores 7-8 (-9) x 4-5 um, ellipsoid. - Basidia 35-45 x 5-7 um, 4-spored. - Cystidia absent. - Pileipellis an ixocutis of cylindrical, erect to interwoven hyphae (2-5 um diam.), terminal cells branched, membranes strongly gelatinised, with plasmatic pigment; clamp connections present (Pl. 1, Fig. 6).
DISTRIBUTION: NZ (W, SL). -Australia (NSW, VIC ?; cf. Young 1986).
ECOLOGY: Scattered; saprobic on soil among litter in broadleaved-conifer forest (Nothofagus fusca, Elaeocarpus sp., Dacrydium cupressinum). May-June.
ICON.: Stevenson (1962: pl.8, fig.1,4 basidiomes on left side).

TYPE: NZ: W, Levin, 26 vi 1948, Stevenson, K 338.

[Notes from Kew Type specimen, PRJ 2010] Other Stevenson collections in K, GS 1113, 1384, 483, 602, 844, 240, 1074, 1078
Pileus 1-5-3.5 cm. diam., herbage green to melachite green, occasionally blue with pink tints, striate at margin, very slimy, convex becoming flattened, with or without a shallow umbilicus; flesh concolorous. Gills adnate to subdecurrent, moderately thick, concolorous with a white bloom. Stipe 3-5 cm. X 3-5 mm,, concolorous above, yellow at base, hollow to somewhat stuffed, very slimy. Spores 4-5 x 6-8 µm., oblong hyaline. Basidia 35 x 4-6 µm., four-spored. All specimens become flesh coloured when dried.
habitat: under forest among moss or litter, Levin, 20.4.1948, Stevenson; & 26.6.1948, F. Duguid, Keith George Park, Wellington, 15.6.1949, Stevenson; Rotoiti, 16.5.1956, E. Kidson; Nelson, 3.6.1956, Stevenson.
Pileus 1.5-3.5 cm. diam., viridis, ex herbaceo malachiteus, nonnunquam caeruleus colore roseo suffultus, ad marginem striatus, eximie viscidus, e convexo applanatus, baud vel leviter umbilicatus; carne concolore. Lamellae adnate vel subdecurrentes, modice crassae, concolores, albido-pulverultentae. Stipes 3-5 cm. X 3-5 mm. sursum concolor, deorsum flavus, e farcto cavus, eximie viscidus. Sporae 4-5 X 6-8 µm., oblongae, ovoideae, hyalinae. Siccitate specimina incarnata.

This species is close to the European H. psittacinus (Schaeff. ex Fr.) Fr, which is a toadstool of grassland, whilst H. viridis has been found only in forest. The New Zealand fungus does not go brown and does not have brown or red colour on the cap; also its spores are slightly smaller.

Typus: Stevenson 338.

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Gliophorus viridis (G. Stev.) E. Horak 1971
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Hygrocybe stevensoniae T.W. May & A.E. Wood (1995)
Gliophorus viridis (G. Stev.) E. Horak 1971
Hygrocybe stevensoniae T.W. May & A.E. Wood (1995)
Hygrophorus viridis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
Hygrophorus viridis G. Stev. (1963) [1962]
Gliophorus viridis (G. Stev.) E. Horak 1971

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