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Hygrophorus mavis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]

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G. Stev.
G. Stev.
Stevenson, G. 1963: The Agaricales of New Zealand: IV. Kew Bulletin 16(3): 373–384.
1963
1962
377
ICN
Hygrophorus mavis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
NZ holotype
species
Hygrophorus mavis
New Zealand, : 'Levin, N.Z.; leg. Stevenson (654), 18.VI.1949'. holotype K(M)

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Fungi
Basidiomycota
Agaricomycetes
Agaricales
Hygrophoraceae
Hygrophorus
mavis

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Johnston, P.R. 2010: Kew Type Specimens - images and notes from P.R. Johnston, 2010.

Hygrophorus mavis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]

[Notes from Kew Type specimen, PRJ 2010] Other Stevenson collections in K, GS 319, 700, 1080, 1382, 1395
Stevenson, G. 1963: The Agaricales of New Zealand: IV. Kew Bulletin 16(3): 373–384.

Hygrophorus mavis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]

Pileus 2-4 cm, diam,, snow-white becoming slightly creamy at centre, plano-convex with a broad umbo, silky fibrillose, splitting radially; flesh pure white, fragile. Gills free or slightly adnexed, moderately distant, rather thick, surface wrinkled white. Stipe 2.5-4.5 X 0.3-0.6 cm., white, silky, smooth, hollow, fragile, more or less equal. Spores 7-8 X 5 µm., oblong, hyaline, smooth. Basidia 4.0 X 6-8 µm., four-spored. Noticeable fungus smell.
habitat: under forest and scrub, Egmont, 17.6.1948, Stevenson-, Levin, 18.6.1959, Stevenson, Lowry Bay. 6.7.1949, Stevenson; Levin, 22.6.1958, Stevenson, Rotoiti, 16.5.1956 E- Kidson, Kapiti, 22.6.1958, Mavis Davidson.
Pileus 2-4 cm. diam,, niveus, demum ad discum leviter cremeus, plano-convexus, late umbonatus, sericeo-fibrillosus, demum radialiter fissuratus; carne nivea fragili. Lamellae liberae vel leviter adnexae, modice distantes, subcrassae, rugosae, albae. Stipes 2.5-4.5 X 0.3-0.6 cm. candidus, sericeus, laevis, cavus, fragilis, plus minus acqualis. Sporae 7-8 X 5 µm, oblongae, hyalinae, laeves. Odor distincte fungoideus.
Typus: Stevenson 654.

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Hygrophorus mavis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
Hygrophorus mavis G. Stev. (1963) [1962]
Horak, E. (1971)
Hygrophorus mavis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
Hygrophorus mavis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
Johnston, P.R. (2010)
Hygrophorus mavis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
Hygrophorus mavis G. Stev. (1963) [1962]
Segedin, B.P.; Pennycook, S.R. (2001)
Humidicutis mavis (G. Stev.) A.M. Young 2005
Hygrophorus mavis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
Hygrophorus mavis G. Stev. (1963) [1962]
Stevenson, G. (1963)
Hygrophorus mavis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
Hygrophorus mavis G. Stev. (1963) [1962]
Stevenson, G. (1982)
Hygrophorus mavis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
Hygrophorus mavis G. Stev. (1963) [1962]
Taylor, G.M. (1970)

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Hygrophorus mavis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
New Zealand
Kaikoura
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Hygrophorus mavis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
New Zealand
South Canterbury
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Hygrophorus mavis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
New Zealand
Stewart Island
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Hygrophorus mavis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
New Zealand
Wellington
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typification
New Zealand, : 'Levin, N.Z.; leg. Stevenson (654), 18.VI.1949'. holotype K(M)

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1 January 2000
17 January 2025
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