Hygrophorus gloriae Stevenson (28 D) = Gliophorus gloriae (Stevenson) comb. nov. (Basionym: H. gloriae Stevenson, Kew Bull. 16: 382, 1962)

Holotype (K): 'Hokio, N.Z.; leg. G. Parsons in Stevenson (816), 29.VII.1951'. - Herb. HK. ZT 68/643: 'Kauaeranga Valley, Coromandel Peninsula, N.Z.; leg. Horak, 5.VII.1968'.

Pileus 8-40 mm diam., conic or hemispherical with inrolled margin when young, later becoming umbonate-expanded or flat with upturned margin, beige or drab, fuliginous at the centre, aged carpophores fading to whitish, viscid, estriate, glabrous. Lamellae adnexed to emarginate-subdecurrent, creamy or faintly greenish when young later turning whitish, moderately distant, gill edge concolorous. Stipe 25-60 x 4-6(-10) mm, cylindric, equal, yellowish-greenish above, obviously pink at the strigose base, longitudinally fibrillose, dry, hollow, fragile. Context in pileus brown, yellowish-greenish in upper portions of the stipe, pink at the base of the stipe. Odor unpleasant, like Cystoderma carcharias (Fries). Taste mild. Chemical reactions on pileus: KOH, NH3 and HCl - negative. Spores 6-8 x 4-5.5 µm, ovoid, smooth, inamyloid. Basidia 40-55 x 7-8 µm, 4-spored. Cystidia absent. Cuticle a palisade or trichoderm consisting of densely interwoven, gelatinized hyphae (4-10 µm diam.), tips of the hyphae rounded, brownish plasmatic pigment present. Clamp connections present.

Terrestrial in Podocarpus and broadleaf forests (Elaeocarpus, Beilschmiedia, etc.) with Cyathea. New Zealand.

Stevenson 1962: Fig. 2/15; Pl. 7/4.

In the field this species is easily recognized and identified by its pink coloured base of the stipe.

SPECIMENS: NZ: SA, Coromandel Peninsula, Kauaeranga Valley, ZT 68/643; Orere, Te Morehue, ZT 1041.

Pileus -45 mm, hemispherical or conical with strongly inrolled margin becoming umbonate-expanded with plane centre and upturned margin; grey-brown, dark brown or fuliginous at centre, paler towards margin, fading to whitish in aged basidiomes; viscid, margin non-striate, glabrous in dry condition. - Lamellae 18-24 (1 -5) crowded, adnexed to emarginate-subdecurrent; whitish to pale straw yellow, often with greenish tinge when young, finally becoming whitish, edges concolorous, entire. - Stipe 25-60 x 4-6 (-10) mm, cylindrical, equal or sub-bulbous at base; pallid to pale yellow-green at apex, brilliant pink at base; dry, longitudinally fibrillose, occasionally strigose at base, hollow, fragile, single or caespitose. - Context brown in pileus, pale yellow-green in upper portion of stipe, pink in base of stipe. - Odour unpleasant, like Cystoderma carcharias (Fr.). - Taste mild. - Chemical reactions on pileus: KOH, HCI, and NH₃ - negative. Spores 6-8 x 4-5.5 um, ovoid to drop-shaped. – Basidia 40-55 x 7-8 um,4-spored. - Cystidia absent - Pileipellis an ixocutis of cylindrical, densely interwoven hyphae (4-10 um diam.), membrane strongly gelatinised, with brown plasmatic pigment clamp connections present (Pl. 1, Fig. 7).

distribution: NZ (SA, W).

ECOLOGY: Scattered; saprobic on soil among litter in broadleaved-conifer forests dominated by Elaeocarpus, Leptospermum scoparium, Olearia, Podocarpus, Phyllocladus, Cyathea (C. smithii, C. dealbata). July.

In the field H. gloriae is easily recognised and identified by the strong unpleasant odour and the pink-coloured base of the stipes.

TYPE: NZ: W, Hokio, under scrub, 29 vii 1951, Parsons in Stevenson, K 816.

[Notes from Kew Type specimen, PRJ 2010] Kew images.

Pileus 3.5-4 cm, diam., creamy, plane becoming slightly upturned; flesh thin, creamy. Gills adnexed, deep, moderately distant, long and short intercalated, creamy. Stipe 5-6 X 0.6-1 cm., cream above, rose below, hollow. Spores 8 X 5 μm. ovoid, hyaline; print white. Basidia 35-40 X 5-8 µm., four-spored. Texture of whole fungus fragile.

habitat: terrestrial under scrub, Hokio, 29.7,1951, G. Pwsons.

Pileus 3.5-4 cm. diam., creineus, e piano leviter revolutus; came tenui cremea. Lamellae adnexae, latae, modice distantes, longiores cum brevioribus intercalatae, cremeae. Stipes 5-6 X 0.6-1 cm., sursum cremeicolor, deorsum roseo-tinctus, cavus. Sporae 8x5µm., ovoideae, hyalinae, in cumulo albidae. Textura totius fungi fragilis.

Typus: Stevenson 816.