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Hygrophorus rubrocarnosus 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
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rubro-carnosus
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Hygrophorus rubrocarnosus G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
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species
Hygrophorus rubrocarnosus
under forest, New Zealand, Levin, 22.5.1949, Stevenson 568

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Fungi
Basidiomycota
Agaricomycetes
Agaricales
Hygrophoraceae
Hygrophorus
rubrocarnosus

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

Hygrophorus rubrocarnosus G. Stev. 1963 [1962]

[Notes from Kew Type specimen, PRJ 2010] Kew images.
Stevenson, G. 1963: The Agaricales of New Zealand: IV. Kew Bulletin 16(3): 373–384.

Hygrophorus rubrocarnosus G. Stev. 1963 [1962]

Pileus 3-5 cm. diam., orange yellow, planoconvex, matt to fibrillose; flesh bright red, firm, rather thick. Gills adnate, red with white mealiness, cream on edges, distant, rather thick. Stipe 7 cm X 6 mm., bright orange yellow above, paler towards base, silky striate, twisted and splitting, hollow to stuffed, tough; flesh of stipe also bright red. Spores 10-10.5 X 5-6 µm., ovoid, hyaline, thin-walled. Basidia 45-60 X 5 µm., four-spored.
habitat: under forest, Levin, 22.5.19491 Stevenson.
Pileus 3.5 cm. diam., croceus, plano-convexus, impolitus vel subfibrillosus; came laete rubra firma subcrassa. Lamellae adnatae, rubrae, albido-pulverulentae, acie cremeae, distantes, modice crassae. Stipes 7 cm. X 6 mm., sursum laete crocatus, deorsum pallidior, sericeo-striatus, tortus fissusque, e farcto cavus, lentus; came stipitis etiam rubra. Sporae 10-10.5 X 5-6 µm., ovoideae, hyalinae, tenuiter tunicatae.
Another species with red flesh has been described, H. hyphoaemactus Corner in Trans. Brit. Myc. Soc. 20: 180 (1936). It is however, glutinous, and has dimorphous basidiospores.
Typus: Stevenson 568

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Hygrophorus rubrocarnosus G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
Hygrophorus rubrocarnosus G. Stev. (1963) [1962]
Horak, E. (1971)
Hygrophorus rubrocarnosus G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
Hygrophorus rubrocarnosus G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
Johnston, P.R. (2010)
Hygrophorus rubrocarnosus G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
Hygrophorus rubrocarnosus G. Stev. (1963) [1962]
Segedin, B.P.; Pennycook, S.R. (2001)
Hygrocybe rubrocarnosa (G. Stev.) E. Horak 1971
Hygrophorus rubrocarnosus G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
Hygrophorus rubrocarnosus G. Stev. (1963) [1962]
Shaw, E. (1990)
Hygrophorus rubrocarnosus G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
Hygrophorus rubrocarnosus G. Stev. (1963) [1962]
Stevenson, G. (1963)
Hygrophorus rubrocarnosus G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
Hygrophorus rubrocarnosus G. Stev. (1963) [1962]
Stevenson, G. (1982)

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typification
under forest, New Zealand, Levin, 22.5.1949, Stevenson 568

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