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Hygrophorus variabilis 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
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Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
NZ holotype
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Hygrophorus variabilis
unknown plants, New Zealand, Wellington Botanic Gardens, 12.viii.1949. G. Stevenson 751 (HOLOTYPE, K).

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Fungi
Basidiomycota
Agaricomycetes
Agaricales
Hygrophoraceae
Hygrophorus
variabilis

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Horak, E. 1971: A contribution towards the revision of the Agaricales (Fungi) from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 9(3): 403-462.

Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]

Hygrophorus variabilis Stevenson (28 D) = Cantharellus sp.
Horak, E. 1990: Monograph of the New Zealand Hygrophoraceae (Agaricales). New Zealand Journal of Botany 28(3): 255-306.

Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]

H. variabilis Stevenson, Kew Bull. 16: 377 ( 1962), = Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb, N.Z.Journ.Bot. 9: 361 (1971).
Johnston, P.R. 2010: Kew Type Specimens - images and notes from P.R. Johnston, 2010.

Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]

[Notes from Kew Type specimen, PRJ 2010] Other Stevenson collection in Kew, GS 1315, 1066 Collecting year cited in publication differs to the data on the specimen label. Presumably a typo.
Stevenson, G. 1963: The Agaricales of New Zealand: IV. Kew Bulletin 16(3): 373–384.

Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]

Pileus 0.3-1.5 cm, diam., pale luteous, planoconvex to broadly infundibuliform, matt; flesh pale luteous. Gills decurrent, pale luteous, thick, moderately distant, irregularly forked. Stipe up to 2 X 0-3 cm., pale luteous, solid, continuous with cap, brittle, matt. Spores 7-8 X 9-10 µm., ovoid, thin-walled, hyaline, amyloid. Basidia 60 X 5-6 µm, four-spored.

habitat : dense groups of all sizes rooting in bare clay or on mossy banks, Wellington Botanic Garden, 2.5.1947 & 12.8.1956; Whangamoa, 9.5.1956; Catchpole, 3.5.1958; all Stevenson.

Pileus 0.3-1.5 cm. diam., pallide luteus, e convexo-plano late infundibuliformis, laevis, impolitus; carne luteola. Lamellae decurrentes, luteolae, crassae, moderate distantes, irregulariter furcatae. Stipes ad 2 X 0-3 cm., luteolus, solidus, fragilis, impolitus, carne cum illa pilei continua. Sporae 7-8 X 9-10 µm, ovoideae, tenuiter tunicatae, hyalinae, amyloideae.
Typus: Stevenson 751.

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Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. (1963) [1962]
Horak, E. (1971)
Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
Horak, E. (1971)
Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971
Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. (1963) [1962]
Horak, E. (1990)
Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
Johnston, P.R. (2010)
Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. (1963) [1962]
Segedin, B.P.; Pennycook, S.R. (2001)
Cantharellus wellingtonensis McNabb 1971
Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. (1963) [1962]
Stevenson, G. (1963)

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Hygrophorus variabilis G. Stev. 1963 [1962]
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typification
unknown plants, New Zealand, Wellington Botanic Gardens, 12.viii.1949. G. Stevenson 751 (HOLOTYPE, K).

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