Agaricus colensoi Berk. 1855
Details
Agaricus colensoi Berk. 1855
Nomenclature
Berk.
Berk.
1855
173
ICN
Agaricus colensoi Berk. 1855
NZ holotype
species
Agaricus colensoi
Classification
Descriptions
Agaricus colensoi Berk. 1855
Agaricus (Omphalia) Colensoi, Berk.; pusillus, pileo tenui umbilicato glabro, margine involute, stipite graeili furfuraceo glabrescente, lamellis adnato-decurrentibus. HAB . On the ground, amongst sand and on scraps of wood, wet logs, etc., Ngaawapurua, Colenso. White. Pileus an inch or more across, smooth, minutely striate all over when dry, deeply umbilicate; margin involute. Stem 1/2-3/4 of an inch high, not a line thick, attenuated downwards, furfuraceous, at length smooth. Gills moderately broad, adnato-decurrent. The nearest ally of this species is probably A. pyxidatus.
Agaricus colensoi Berk. 1855
[Notes from Kew Type specimen, PRJ 2010] Kew images.
Taxonomic concepts
Agaricus colensoi Berk. 1855
Agaricus colensoi Berk. (1855)
Global name resources
Notes
typification
On the ground, amongst sand and on scraps of wood, wet logs, etc., Ngaawapurua, [New Zealand] Colenso b 523 holotype K(M) ?
taxonomic status
Horak's synonymy with Conchomyces bursiformis is not supported by the protologue. Micro-details of the holotype are needed [JAC]
Metadata
1cb1ae93-36b9-11d5-9548-00d0592d548c
scientific name
Names_Fungi
1 January 2001
17 May 2023