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Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964

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Panus purpuratus G. Stev., Kew Bull. 19 31 (1964)
Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
Buchanan, P.K.; Ryvarden, L. 2000: An annotated checklist of polypore and polypore-like fungi recorded from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 38(2): 265-323.

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Endemic
Present
New Zealand
Political Region
Anon

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G. Stev.
G. Stev.
Stevenson, G. 1964: The Agaricales of New Zealand: V. Kew Bulletin 19(1): 1-59.
1964
31
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Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
NZ holotype
species
Panus purpuratus
New Zealand HABITAT: on fallen wood in coastal forest, Waikanae, 1.4.1949, Stevenson, holotype K(M)

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Fungi
Basidiomycota
Agaricomycetes
Polyporales
Panaceae
Panus
purpuratus

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

Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964

264. + Panus purpuratus Stevenson (29 D)

Fig. 22 Spores allantoid, hyaline, neither amyloid nor dextrinoid, smooth, 5-6 X 1.5-2 µ. Cheilo- and pleurocystidia fusoid, thin-walled, without crystals, coloured with a yellow plasmatic pigment, 40-90 X 8-11 µ. Cuticle consisting of suberect fusoid or cylindrical cells forming a loose trichoderm, membrane of the hyphae not gelainised, with clamp connections.

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

Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964

[Notes from Kew Type specimen, PRJ 2010] Other Stevenson collection in K, GS 1031
Stevenson, G. 1964: The Agaricales of New Zealand: V. Kew Bulletin 19(1): 1-59.

Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964

Pileus 4-9 cm diam., ochraceous fawn covered with purple blotches, intensely velvety fibrillose, concave, with down-rolled margin; flesh white to pale cream, tough. Gills decurrent, creamy with purple tinge, moderately distant, moderately deep. Stipe 2-4 x 0.5-1-5 cm, fawn with purple tint, velvety fibrillose, very tough, centric to excentric. Spores 5-6 x 2-2-5 µm, non-amyloid, thin-walled; print white. Metuloids 70 x 15 µm, very numerous (Fig. 2/9, p.37). Hymenophoral trama irregular with many very thick-walled hyphae. Cuticle of loosely woven hyphae up to 10 µm diam., with clamp connections; superficial hyphae purple.
On fallen wood in coastal forest, Waikanae, 1.4.1949, Stevenson (type), & Wakapuaka, Nelson, 14.4.1956, Stevenson
Pileus 4-9 cm diam., ochraceo-hinnuleus, maculis purpureis obtectus, intense velutino-fibrillosus, concavus, margine deorsum involute; caro alba usque pallide cremea, tenax. Lamellae decurrentes, cremeae, purpureo-tinctae, modice distantes, modice altae. Stipes 2-4 x 0.5-1.5 cm, hinnuleus, purpureo-tinctus, velutino-fibrillosus, tenacissimus, centricus usque ex-centricus. Sporae 5-6 x 2-2-5 µm, haud amyloideae, parietibus tenuibus; in cumulo albae. Metuloidea 70 x 15 µm, numerosissima. Trama hymenophoralis irregularis, hyphis multis cum parietibus crassissimis. Cuticula ex hyphis laxe intertextis usque l0 µm diam., cum fibulis, sistens, hyphis superficial bus purpureis.
Typus: Stevenson 464.

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Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
Anon.
Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
Panus purpuratus G. Stev. (1964)
Buchanan, P.K.; Ryvarden, L. (2000)
Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
Panus purpuratus G. Stev. (1964)
Hitchmough, R. (compiler) (2002)
Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
Panus purpuratus G. Stev. (1964)
Horak, E. (1971)
Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
Johnston, P.R. (2010)
Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
Panus purpuratus G. Stev. (1964)
Pennycook, S.R. (2004)
Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
Panus purpuratus G. Stev. (1964)
Pennycook, S.R.; Galloway, D.J. (2004)
Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
Panus purpuratus G. Stev. (1964)
Segedin, B.P. (1987)
Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
Panus purpuratus G. Stev. (1964)
Segedin, B.P.; Pennycook, S.R. (2001)
Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
Panus purpuratus G. Stev. (1964)
Stevenson, G. (1964)
Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
Panus purpuratus G. Stev. (1964)
Stevenson, G. (1982)

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Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
New Zealand
Auckland
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Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
New Zealand
Bay of Plenty
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Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
New Zealand
Kaikoura
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Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
New Zealand
Mid Canterbury
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Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
New Zealand
Nelson
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Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
New Zealand
Taranaki
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Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
New Zealand
Wanganui
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Panus purpuratus G. Stev. 1964
New Zealand
Wellington
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typification
New Zealand HABITAT: on fallen wood in coastal forest, Waikanae, 1.4.1949, Stevenson, holotype K(M)

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1 January 2000
29 July 2025
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