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Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. 1962

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G. Stev.
G. Stev.
1962
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readii
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Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. 1962
NZ holotype (K, Stevenson 1009)
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Pluteus readiarum
New Zealand, Nelson, Brandy Creek, on standing dead Hoheria sp., 15 Nov. 1958, D. & L. Read, Stevenson 1009), holotype K(M) 1441830

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readiarum

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Entoloma placidum (Fries) (11,16,27) Fig. 21 = Pluteus readii Stevenson

The examined material (COLENSO b 1204) agrees with this native Pluteus (see there) in all characters.

Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. 1962

[Notes from Kew Type specimen, PRJ 2010] Other Stevenson collection in K, GS 1430
Pileus 2-6 cm. across, flesh thin, campanulate, then convex, not striate, the blackish disc densely downy, the remainder covered with blackish fibrils or squamules on a greyish-white ground, squamules arranged concentrically when old; gills adnexed, very broad behind, not ventricose, crowded, whitish, as is also the margin; stem 5-8 cm. long, 3 mm. thick, equal, very rigid, having white meal at the slightly thickened apex, and with black points or squamules when seen under a lens, remainder glabrous, even, dark-blue or blackish-blue.
New Zealand. Europe.
On trunks or on the ground.
Distinguished from Leptonia lampropoda by the squamulose pileus and the minute black points on the upper part of the stem.

Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. 1962

Pileus 3-3.5 cm. diam., convex, yellow-fawn overlain by a dark-brown velvety, fibrillose network; flesh pale yellow-fawn. Gills free, crowded, pink with whitish margins. Stipe 4 cm. x 3-4 mm., silky-fibrillose, pale yellow, grey tinge at top, bulbous base surrounded by white mycelium. Spores 5 x 6um, print pink. Pleurocystidia not very numerous, pyriform with or without pinhead; balloon cystidia on gill edge 15 x 50um; hyphal endings of pileus 20 x 60-70um, colourless, overlain by a partial palisade of large hyphal endings up to 150 x 25um with dark-brown contents, which constitute the dark velvety fibrils.
on standing dead ribbonwood, Nelson, 15.1 1. 1958, D. & L. Read; on fallen tawa, Levin, 5.9.1955, Stevenson
Pileus 3-3.5 cm. diam., convexus, fulvus, fibrilloso-reticulatus, fibrillis velutinis obscure umbrinis; caro pallide fulva. Lamellae liberae, confertae, roseolae, marginibus albidis. Stipes 4 cm. x 3-4 mm., sericeo-fibrillosus, luteolus, sursum griseo-tinctus, basi bulbosus, mycelio albido circumdatus. Sporae 5 x 6um, in cumulo roseae. Pleurocystidia sparsa, pyriformia, interdum minute capitata; cheilocystidia vesiculosa 15 x 50um ; hyphae terminales epicutis hyalinae, 20 x 60-70um, hyphis obscuris fibrillarum intus fuscidulis ad 150 x 25um obtectae.
Stevenson 1009

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Agaricus (Leptonia) placidus sensu Colenso 1893
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. 1962
Agaricus placidus sensu Colenso (1893) [1892]
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. 1962
Entoloma placidum sensu G. Stev.
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. 1962
Entoloma placidum sensu G. Stev. (1962)
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. 1962
Leptonia placida sensu Massee
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. 1962
Leptonia placida sensu Massee (1899) [1898]
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. 1962
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. 1962
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. 1962
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. 1962
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. (1962)
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. 1962
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. (1962)
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. 1962
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. 1962
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. 1962
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. 1962
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. (1962)
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. 1962
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. (1962)
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. 1962
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. (1962)
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. 1962
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. 1962
Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. (1962)

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Pluteus readiarum G. Stev. 1962
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typification
New Zealand, Nelson, Brandy Creek, on standing dead Hoheria sp., 15 Nov. 1958, D. & L. Read, Stevenson 1009), holotype K(M) 1441830

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25 June 1998
9 November 2022
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