Gymnopilus P. Karst. 1879

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Name scientific

Gymnopilus P. Karst. 1879

Preferred name

Gymnopilus P. Karst. 1879

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

Indigenous, non-endemic

Present

New Zealand

Political Region

Anon

Nomenclature

Authors

P. Karst.

Original authors

P. Karst.

Publication place

Karsten, P.A. 1879: Rysslands, Finlands och den Skandinaviska halföns Hattsvampar. Förra Delen: Skifsvampar. Bidrag till Kännedom af Finlands Natur och Folk. 32.

Year published

1879

Publication page

xxi, 400

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Gymnopilus P. Karst. 1879

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Gymnopilus

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Class

Agaricomycetes

Order

Agaricales

Family

Hymenogastraceae

Genus

Gymnopilus

Subordinates

Synonyms

Flammula chrysotricha sensu Segedin 1987

Associations

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Association type

Associated organism

Association source

has host

Nothofagus

Hood, I.A. (1992)

has host

Nothofagus

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

has host

Agathis australis (D.Don) Lindl.

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Bambusa

PDD (3 records from [Not available].)

has host

Beilschmiedia tawa (A.Cunn.) Kirk

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Casuarina

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Cocos nucifera

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Cupressus lawsoniana A. Murray

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Dysoxylum spectabile (G.Forst.) Hook.f.

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Fuscospora fusca

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Leptospermum

PDD (2 records from [Not available].)

has host

Nothofagus

PDD (2 records from [Not available].)

has host

Nothofagus cliffortioides

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Nothofagus menziesii (Hook.f.) Oerst.

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Nothofagus solandri (Hook.f.) Oerst. var. solandri

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Pandanus Parkinson 1773

PDD (2 records from [Not available].)

has host

Pinus

PDD (3 records from [Not available].)

has host

Podocarpus totara D.Don

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Weinmannia racemosa L.f.

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

Descriptions

Anon.: NZFUNGI (unassigned reference).

Gymnopilus P. Karst. 1879

Notes

Fleshy mushrooms always on wood, cap dry, finely felty, gills covered with a veil when young, often the remains of the veil form a ring on the central stalk. Spore print rusty brown to orange. Often growing in clumps. The species are variable in size, the large G. junonoius often more than 10 cm across, while some of the less commonly seen species (not treated here) are only 1-2 cm.

Saprobic. the spectacular G. junonius often seen in large clumps on fallen wood.

The large Pholiota species are similar in habit and shape to Gymnopilus, but they differ in having a slimy, scaly cap, and a dull, cinnamon-brown spore print.

Notes

Medium-sized to large mushrooms saprobic on fallen wood. Spore print rusty-brown, spores rough-walled with no pore.

The large, bright golden-yellow G. junonius is commonly found in human habitats, and may have been introduced to New Zealand by humans.

Five species have been reported from New Zealand, only those listed below have descriptions or images available from NZFungi.