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Scleroderma aurantium (L.) Pers. 1801

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Scleroderma aurantium (L.) Pers., Syn. Meth. Fung. 153 (1801)
Scleroderma aurantium (L.) Pers. 1801

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Recorded in error
New Zealand
Political Region
The Chou-Chou/Grace record is suspect and there is no verified voucher [JAC]

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(L.) Pers.
L.
Pers.
Persoon, C.H. 1801: Synopsis Methodica Fungorum. Henricus Dieterich.
1801
153
dubious name
Pers.
Persoon, C.H. 1801: Synopsis Methodica Fungorum. Henricus Dieterich.
153
ICN
Lycoperdon aurantium L. 1753
species
Scleroderma aurantium

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Fungi
Basidiomycota
Agaricomycetes
Boletales
Sclerodermataceae
Scleroderma
aurantium

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Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) 2005: Fungi on trees and shrubs in New Zealand. Fungi of New Zealand. 4. Fungal Diversity Press.

Scleroderma aurantium (L.) Pers. 1801

Type: Mycorrhizal Fungi; Description: Basidiomata depressed globose, yellowish, covered with brownish scales, 50–70 mm in diameter, arising from the cord-like mycelium; peridium composed of a single layer, white in section. Gleba greyish becoming purplish black; tramal plates white, firm for a long time but finally breaking down and becoming powdery. Basidiospores globose, 0-septate, 8–15 μm in diameter, reticulated, purplish black.
Distribution: Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taupo.; 1st Record: Chu-Chou (1979).
Significance: Shown experimentally to be a mycorrhizal partner of Pinus radiata (Chu-Chou 1979).; Host(s): Pinus radiata.

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Lycoperdon aurantium L. 1753
Lycoperdon aurantium L. (1753)
Linnaeus, C. von (1753)
Lycoperdon aurantium L. 1753
Lycoperdon aurantium L. (1753)
Persoon, C.H. (1801)
Scleroderma aurantium (L.) Pers. 1801
Scleroderma aurantium (L.) Pers.
Chu-Chou, M.; Grace, L.J. (1983)
Scleroderma aurantium (L.) Pers. 1801
Scleroderma aurantium (L.) Pers.
Cunningham, G.H. (1944)
Scleroderma aurantium (L.) Pers. 1801
Scleroderma aurantium (L.) Pers. (1801)
Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005)
Scleroderma aurantium (L.) Pers. 1801
Scleroderma aurantium (L.) Pers. (1801)
Persoon, C.H. (1801)

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Scleroderma aurantium (L.) Pers. 1801
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taxonomic status
The name is used in a variety of senses globally and its use in NZ unresolved [JAC]

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1cb1a323-36b9-11d5-9548-00d0592d548c
scientific name
Names_Fungi
1 January 2001
13 June 2019
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