Lepiota mesomorpha sensu Massee 1896
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Lepiota mesomorpha sensu Massee, J. Bot. 34 (1896)
Lepiota mesomorpha sensu Massee 1896
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Nomenclature
Massee
Massee
1896
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ICN
Lepiota mesomorpha sensu Massee 1896
species
Lepiota mesomorpha
Classification
Descriptions
Lepiota mesomorpha sensu Massee 1896
Figs. 16, 17 Two collections under this name (COLENSO b 840, b 881) are still in existence but they differ distinctly from each other. More details will be given in a study of Lepiota to be published later.
Lepiota mesomorpha sensu Massee 1896
Pileus thin, campanulate, then expanded, the margin sometimes slightly turned up, often more or less umbonate, dry, even, glabrous, yellowish, or pale yellow-brown, about 2 cm. across; gills free, about 1 line broad, ventricose, clear white ; spores elliptical, 5-6 x 3 µ; stem 2-5-3.5 cm. long, about 2 mm. thick, equal, dry, even, glabrous, paler than the pileus, fistulose ; ring superior, persistent, erect, whitish.
New Zealand. Australia, Europe.
On the ground.
Readily distinguished by the even and glabrous' pileus and stem-very exceptional features in Lepiota and the entire, erect, persistent ring.
Taxonomic concepts
Agaricus mesomorphus sensu Colenso (1891) [1890]
Agaricus mesomorphus sensu Colenso (1891) [1890]
Lepiota mesomorpha sensu Massee 1896
Lepiota mesomorpha sensu Massee 1896
Lepiota mesomorpha sensu Massee (1896)
Lepiota mesomorpha sensu Massee 1896
Notes
taxonomic status
N.Z. collections (Colenso b840, b881) are two distinctly different Lepiota spp., fide Horak 1971b, p. 436
taxonomic status
PDD58874 (b.840) is a Leucoagaricus near L. serenus. Massee's description of NZ material suggests a Leucoagaricus [JAC]
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