Pleurotus cocciformis (Berk.) Sacc. 1887

Details

Name scientific

Pleurotus cocciformis (Berk.) Sacc. 1887

Preferred name

Chaetocalathus cocciformis (Berk.) E. Horak 1971

Taxonomy reference

Buchanan, P.K.; Ryvarden, L. 2000: An annotated checklist of polypore and polypore-like fungi recorded from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 38(2): 265-323.

Nomenclature

Combination authors

Sacc.

Original authors

Berk.

Authors

(Berk.) Sacc.

Publication place

Saccardo, P.A. 1887: Sylloge Hymenomycetum, Vol. I. Agaricineae. Saccardo, P.A. Sylloge Fungorum. 5.

Year published

1887

Publication page

376

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Agaricus cocciformis Berk. 1855

Type locality

NZ holotype

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Pleurotus cocciformis

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Class

Agaricomycetes

Order

Agaricales

Family

Pleurotaceae

Genus

Pleurotus

Species

cocciformis

Descriptions

Massee, G.E. 1899: The fungus flora of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 31: 282–349.

Pleurotus cocciformis (Berk.) Sacc. 1887

Description

Scattered, minute, 3-5 mm. across, sessile, laterally attached, at first cup-shaped, then with the hymenium downwards; pileus covered with clusters of tawny thick-walled hairs; gills rather close together, narrow, hairy, buff.

Distribution

Northern Island, New Zealand.

Habitat

On dead and decayed wood.

Notes

A minute and curious species; pileus densely covered with thick-walled tawny hairs arranged in fascicles; gills with the component hyphae. running out at the margin and sides into free hairs. Spores not seen. Type specimen examined.