Omphalia leonina Massee 1899 [1898]
Details
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Omphalia leonina Massee, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 31 317 (1899 [1898])
Nomenclature
Massee
Massee
1899
1898
317
ICN
Omphalia leonina Massee 1899 [1898]
NZ holotype
species
Omphalia leonina
Classification
Descriptions
Omphalia leonina Massee 1899 [1898]
Omphalia leonina Massee (16 D) Fig. 14 = Xeromphalina racemosa Stevenson and Taylor. This species was collected by Massee in Kew Gardens on a mossy piece of wood imported from New Zealand. All micro- and macroscopical characters correspond with X. racemosa which grows in New Zealand preferably on rotten wood of Nothofagus. Spores oval, hyaline, amyloid, smooth, 5-6 X 3.5-4.5 µ.
Omphalia leonina Massee 1899 [1898]
[Notes from Kew Type specimen, PRJ 2010] Collected in Kew Gardens on wood from New Zealand
Omphalia leonina Massee 1899 [1898]
Pileus campanulate, slightly umbilicate, even, glabrous, very thin, extreme margin sometimes slightly upturned, rich tawny-yellow, 4-8 mm. across; gills deeply decurrent, paler than the pileus, very distant, thick; spores broadly elliptical, hyaline, smooth, 5 X 3 µ; stem about 2 cm. long, slender, expanding upwards into the pileus, polished, rich orange-brown, with delicate tawny scurf at the base.
Omphalia leonina Massee (16 D) Fig. 14 = Xeromphalina racemosa Stevenson and Taylor. This species was collected by Massee in Kew Gardens on a mossy piece of wood imported from New Zealand. All micro- and macroscopical characters correspond with X. racemosa which grows in New Zealand preferably on rotten wood of Nothofagus. Spores oval, hyaline, amyloid, smooth, 5-6 X 3.5-4.5 µ.
Taxonomic concepts
Omphalia leonina Massee 1899 [1898]
Omphalia leonina Massee (1899) [1898]
Global name resources
Notes
typification
"Found at Kew Gardens, England, on a piece of dead wood covered with a fern that had come direct from New Zealand."
Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Fungi
1 January 2000
9 January 2003
