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Scleroderma cepa Pers. 1801

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Scleroderma cepa Pers., Syn. Meth. Fung. 155 (1801)
Scleroderma cepa Pers. 1801

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New Zealand
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S. cepa was described from South Africa. All NZ collections labelled this and examined are other sequence-confirmed species, both native and exotic.[JAC]

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Pers.
Pers.
Persoon, C.H. 1801: Synopsis Methodica Fungorum. Henricus Dieterich.
1801
155
Pers.
Persoon, C.H. 1801: Synopsis Methodica Fungorum. Henricus Dieterich.
155
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Scleroderma cepa Pers. 1801
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Scleroderma cepa

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Fungi
Basidiomycota
Agaricomycetes
Boletales
Sclerodermataceae
Scleroderma
cepa

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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 cepa Pers. 1801

Type: Mycorrhizal Fungi; Description: Basidiomata subepigeous to epigeous, pyriform, often lobed, straw coloured to lemon yellow with a reddish tinge, finely areolate, up to 50 mm in diameter, with numerous rhizomorphs; peridium composed of a single layer, yellowish in section, dehiscing by irregular rupture in several lobes. Gleba olivaceous at first, becoming smoky grey; tramal plates yellow, firm at first, finally becoming powdery. Basidiospores globose, 0-septate, 10–14 μm in diameter, densely and coarsely echinulate, smoky grey.
Distribution: Northland, Auckland, Coromandel, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taupo, Wanganui, Wellington.; 1st Record: Chu-Chou & Grace (1982: as Scleroderma flavidum).
Significance: Isolated from Eucalyptus spp. and experimentally shown to be a mycorrhizal partner of E. regnans (Chu-Chou & Grace 1982).; Host(s): Eucalyptus delegatensis, E. fastigata, E. regnans, E. saligna.

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Scleroderma caespitosum Lloyd 1922
Scleroderma caespitosum Lloyd (1922)
Lloyd, C.G. (1922)
Scleroderma cepa Pers. 1801
Scleroderma cepa Pers. 1801
Anon.
Scleroderma cepa Pers. 1801
Scleroderma cepa Pers.
Cunningham, G.H. (1944)
Scleroderma cepa Pers. 1801
Scleroderma cepa Pers. (1801)
Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005)
Scleroderma cepa Pers. 1801
Scleroderma cepa Pers. 1801
Grgurinovic, C.A. (1997)
Scleroderma cepa Pers. 1801
Scleroderma cepa Pers. (1801)
Pennycook, S.R.; Galloway, D.J. (2004)
Scleroderma cepa Pers. 1801
Scleroderma cepa Pers. (1801)
Persoon, C.H. (1801)
Scleroderma flavidum Ellis & Everh. 1885
Scleroderma flavidum Ellis & Everh.
Chu-Chou, M.; Grace, L.J. (1983)
Scleroderma flavidum Ellis & Everh. 1885
Scleroderma flavidum Ellis & Everh. (1885)
Cunningham, G.H. (1931)
Scleroderma flavidum Ellis & Everh. 1885
Scleroderma flavidum Ellis & Everh.
Cunningham, G.H. (1944)
Scleroderma flavidum Ellis & Everh. 1885
Scleroderma flavidum Ellis & Everh. (1885)
Ellis, J.B.; Everhart, B.M. (1885)
Scleroderma flavidum Ellis & Everh. 1885
Scleroderma flavidum Ellis & Everh. 1885
Grgurinovic, C.A. (1997)
Scleroderma cepa Pers. 1801

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Scleroderma cepa Pers. 1801
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Scleroderma flavidum Ellis & Everh. 1885
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taxonomic status
Kreisel indicates Guzman's interpretation of S. cepa may be incorrect. NZ material unlikley to be S. cepa sensu stricto from South Africa. NZ material with tea-tree will be an NZ or NZ/Au indigenous species for which the name S. radicans is a candidate [JAC].

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9 October 2000
23 November 2000
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