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Omphalia umbellifera sensu Massee 1899 [1898]

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Omphalia umbellifera sensu Massee, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 31 (1899 [1898])
Omphalia umbellifera sensu Massee 1899 [1898]

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Massee
Massee
Massee, G.E. 1899: The fungus flora of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 31: 282–349.
1899
1898
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Omphalia umbellifera sensu Massee 1899 [1898]
Omphalia umbellifera (L.) P. Kumm. 1871
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Omphalia umbellifera

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Fungi
Basidiomycota
Agaricomycetes
Agaricales
Mycenaceae
Omphalia
umbellifera

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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.

Omphalia umbellifera sensu Massee 1899 [1898]

There are two collections (COLENSO b 737, KIRK 71) at Kew referred to O. umbellifera, but the microscopical characters of both do not agree with those of this common European species.
Massee, G.E. 1899: The fungus flora of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 31: 282–349.

Omphalia umbellifera sensu Massee 1899 [1898]

Pileus convex, then almost plane and obconic, often more or less wavy and upturned, radiately striate when moist, even and silky when dry, 1.5-2 cm. across; gills decurrent, very distant, broad behind; whitish or coloured like the pileus ; spores broadly elliptical, 7 x 4 µ; stem about 1 cm. long and 2 mm thick, coloured like the pileus, base downy, imperfectly hollow.
Northern Island, New Zealand. Australia, Tasmania, Ceylon, Europe, Greenland, United States.
On the ground.
Very variable in colour; most commonly whitish, becoming shining white when dry, but also grey, yellow, brownish, green, &c. The margin of the pileus,is incurved and crenulate when young. Known among allied forms by the thicker almost flat pileus and the broad somewhat triangular very distant gills.

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Omphalia umbellifera sensu Massee 1899 [1898]
Omphalia umbellifera sensu Massee (1899) [1898]
Chilton, C.
Omphalia umbellifera sensu Massee 1899 [1898]
Omphalia umbellifera sensu Massee (1899) [1898]
Horak, E. (1971)
Omphalia umbellifera sensu Massee 1899 [1898]
Omphalia umbellifera sensu Massee (1899) [1898]
Massee, G.E. (1899)
Omphalia umbellifera sensu Massee 1899 [1898]
Omphalia umbellifera sensu Massee (1899) [1898]
Segedin, B.P. (1987)

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14 June 2005
10 October 2019
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