Leucopaxillus ardesiacus G. Stev. & G.M. Taylor 1964

Details

Name scientific

Leucopaxillus ardesiacus G. Stev. & G.M. Taylor in Stevenson, Kew Bull. 19 20 (1964)

Preferred name

Pleurella ardesiaca (G. Stev. & G.M. Taylor) E. Horak 1971

Taxonomy reference

Singer, R. 1982: Hydropus (Basidiomycetes-Tricholomataceae-Myceneae). Flora Neotropica Monographs. 32.

Nomenclature

Original authors

G. Stev. & G.M. Taylor

Authors

G. Stev. & G.M. Taylor

Publication place

Stevenson, G. 1964: The Agaricales of New Zealand: V. Kew Bulletin 19(1): 1-59.

Year published

1964

Publication page

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Leucopaxillus ardesiacus G. Stev. & G.M. Taylor 1964

Type locality

NZ holotype

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Leucopaxillus ardesiacus

Typification

on fallen log in Nothofagus forest, Butterfly, Wellington, [New Zealand], 8.4.1961, G. M. Taylor 7 Holotype K(M) 202918

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Class

Agaricomycetes

Order

Agaricales

Family

Tricholomataceae

Genus

Leucopaxillus

Species

ardesiacus

Descriptions

Cooper, J.A. 2014-: Studies of New Zealand agaric type collections not deposited in PDD (unpublished).

Leucopaxillus ardesiacus G. Stev. & G.M. Taylor 1964

Notes

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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.

Leucopaxillus ardesiacus G. Stev. & G.M. Taylor 1964

Notes

A thorough study of the type and several collections made by ourselves clearly showed that this species is taxonomically unrelated to Leucopaxillus. Details of its systematic position will be published in a later paper.

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

Leucopaxillus ardesiacus G. Stev. & G.M. Taylor 1964

Notes

[Notes from Kew Type specimen, PRJ 2010] Kew images.

Stevenson, G. 1964: The Agaricales of New Zealand: V. Kew Bulletin 19(1): 1-59.

Leucopaxillus ardesiacus G. Stev. & G.M. Taylor 1964

Description

Pileus 2-3 cm diam., dark grey, convex with strongly down-rolled margin, silky fibrillose; flesh white, solid, with a water soaked layer above the gills. Gills adnexed, pale grey, long and short intercalating, some forking. Stipe 2.5 x 0.5-0.7 cm, solid, fleshy, pale grey fawn with darker grey markings, base surrounded by grey hyphae. Spores 5-6 x 2-5-3 µm, strongly amyloid (Fig. 35); print white.

Habitat

On fallen log in Nothofagus forest, Butterfly, Wellington, 8.4.1961, G. M. Taylor (type).

Latin

Pileus 2-5 cm diam., fusco-griseus, convexus, margine valde deorsum revoluto, sericeo-fibrillosus; came alba solida, strato aquoso supra lamellas sito. Lamellae adnexae, pallide griseae, longiores cum brevioribus intercalatae, nonnullae furcatae. Stipes 2.5 x 0.5-0.7 cm, solidus, carnosus, pallide griseo-hinnuleus, fuscius griseo-notatus, basi hyphis griseis circumdatus. Sporae 3-6 x 2.5-3 µm, valde amyloideae, in cumulo albae.

Typification

Typus: G. M. Taylor 77.