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Indigenous, non-endemic
Present
New Zealand
Political Region
Anon

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Fr.
Fr.
Fries, E.M. 1836: Floram Scanicam. Palmblad, Sebell & C.
1836
338
ICN
Pluteus Fr. 1836
genus
Pluteus

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Fungi
Basidiomycota
Agaricomycetes
Agaricales
Pluteaceae
Pluteus

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Anon.: NZFUNGI (unassigned reference).

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.

Massee, G.E. 1899: The fungus flora of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 31: 282–349.

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.

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Pluteus Fr. 1836
Pluteus Fr. (1836)
Anon.
Pluteus Fr. 1836
Pluteus Fr. (1836)
Fries, E.M. (1836)
Pluteus Fr. 1836
Pluteus Fr. 1836
Hood, I. A.; Beets, P. N. et al. (2008)
Pluteus Fr. 1836
Pluteus Fr. (1836)
Hood, I.A. (1992)
Pluteus Fr. 1836
Pluteus Fr. (1836)
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; David, J.C.; Stalpers, J.A. (2001)
Pluteaceae Kotl. & Pouzar 1972
Pluteus Fr. 1836
Pluteus Fr. (1836)
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008)
Pluteaceae Kotl. & Pouzar 1972
Pluteus Fr. 1836
Pluteus Fr.
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008-)
Pluteaceae Kotl. & Pouzar 1972
Pluteus Fr. 1836
Pluteus Fr. 1836
Knudsen, J.; Vesterholt, J. (2012)
Pluteaceae Kotl. & Pouzar 1972
Pluteus Fr. 1836
Pluteus Fr. (1836)
Massee, G.E. (1899)
Pluteus Fr. 1836
Pluteus Fr. (1836)
McKenzie, E.H.C.; Buchanan, P.K.; Johnston, P.R. (2000)
Pluteus Fr. 1836
Pluteus Fr. (1836)
Segedin, B.P.; Pennycook, S.R. (2001)
Pluteus Fr. 1836

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Pluteus Fr. 1836
Cook Islands
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New Zealand
Auckland
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New Zealand
Bay of Plenty
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New Zealand
Buller
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New Zealand
Coromandel
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New Zealand
Dunedin
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New Zealand
Fiordland
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New Zealand
Gisborne
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New Zealand
Hawkes Bay
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New Zealand
Kermadec Islands
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New Zealand
Mackenzie
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New Zealand
Mid Canterbury
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New Zealand
Nelson
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New Zealand
Northland
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New Zealand
Otago Lakes
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New Zealand
South Canterbury
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New Zealand
Southland
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New Zealand
Taranaki
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New Zealand
Waikato
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New Zealand
Wairarapa
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New Zealand
Wellington
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Romania
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United Kingdom
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United States
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scientific name
Names_Fungi
1 January 2001
22 December 2013
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