Pluteus Fr. 1836
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Pluteus Fr. 1836
Spore print pink. Almost always on wood (the endemic P. terricola is found on soil), usually on large pieces of wood and almost always seen as a single fruiting body. Cap velvety, dark brown or with dark brown patches. Gills pinkish, very fine, free. Stalk without a ring.
There are about 15 species in New Zealand, most confined to native forestsd, but one or two possibly introduced.
The beautiful, darkly felted caps and pink spores make these mushrooms are difficult to confuse with any other genus. A few species, such as P. inconspicuus, are small but these are rarely likely to be encountered.
Saprobic on wood, typically large pieces of wood. The medium-sized fruiting bodies often found as solitary specimens. Spores pink, the cap often dark and velvety, or wth velvety patches.
More than 10 species have been reported from New Zealand, although taxonomically poorly understood. Only those listed below have descriptions or images available from NZFungi.
Pluteus Fr. 1836
Pileus regular; gills quite free from the stem; stem central, ring and volva entirely absent; spores pale salmon-colour.
Distinguished among the Rhodosporae by the free gills and absence of volva and ring. The species grow on wood.