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Panaeolus papilionaceus sensu Massee 1899 [1898]

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Panaeolus papilionaceus sensu Massee, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 31 293 (1899 [1898])

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Massee
Massee
1899
1898
293
misapplication
ICN
Panaeolus papilionaceus sensu Massee 1899 [1898]
species
Panaeolus papilionaceus

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papilionaceus

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Panaeolus papilionaceus sensu Massee 1899 [1898]

Pileus slightly fleshy, almost exactly hemispherical, obtuse, even, glabrous, the cuticle often becoming broken up into minute squamules when dry, pale-grey, with a tinge of rufous, especially at the disc, 1.5-2.5 cm. across; gills broadly adnate, very broad, up to 6 mm., plane, at length blackish with the spores; spores elliptical, 11-12 x 7 µ, ; stem 6-10 cm. long, 4 mm. thick, equal, smooth, whitish, apex powdered with white meal, hollow.
New Zealand. Australia, Ceylon, Europe, Siberia, Central Africa, United States.
On dung, manured ground, &c.
Distinguished from some closely allied species not yet met with in New Zealand by the obtuse hemispherical pileus, broadly adnate broad gills; and whitish stem, powdered with white primrose meal at the apex.

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Panaeolus papilionaceus sensu Massee 1899 [1898]
Panaeolus papilionaceus sensu Massee (1899) [1898]
Panaeolus papilionaceus sensu Massee 1899 [1898]
Panaeolus papilionaceus sensu Massee (1899) [1898]
Panaeolus papilionaceus sensu Massee 1899 [1898]
Panaeolus papilionaceus sensu Massee (1899) [1898]
Panaeolus papilionaceus sensu Massee 1899 [1898]
Panaeolus papilionaceus sensu Massee (1899) [1898]
Panaeolus papilionaceus sensu Massee 1899 [1898]
Panaeolus papilionaceus sensu Massee (1899) [1898]
Panaeolus papilionaceus sensu Massee 1899 [1898]

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taxonomic status
There is no reason to suspect Massee wan't referring to this widespread and variable fungus [JAC]

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16 March 2001
30 October 2023
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