Stropharia semiglobata (Batsch) Quél. 1872

Details

Name scientific

Stropharia semiglobata (Batsch) Quél., Mém. Soc. Émul. Montbéliard, 2e Sér. 5 143 (1872)

Preferred name

Protostropharia semiglobata (Batsch) Redhead, Moncalvo, Vilgalys 2013

Nomenclature

Authors

(Batsch) Quél.

Original authors

Batsch

Combination authors

Quél.

Publication place

Quélet, L. 1872: Les champignons du Jura et des Vosges. Mémoires de la Société d'Émulation de Montbéliard 5: 43-332.

Year published

1872

Publication page

143

Orthography

as 'semiglobatus'

Sanctioning author

Fr.

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Agaricus semiglobatus Batsch 1786

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Stropharia semiglobata

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Class

Agaricomycetes

Order

Agaricales

Family

Strophariaceae

Genus

Stropharia

Species

semiglobata

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Dung Roundhead

Synonyms

Agaricus semiglobatus sensu Hook. f. 1867

Descriptions

Horak, E. 1971: A contribution towards the revision of the Agaricales (Fungi) from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 9(3): 403-462.

Stropharia semiglobata (Batsch) Quél. 1872

Notes

On the premise that the determination is correct, this coprophilous species must be added to the list of introduced fungi.

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

Stropharia semiglobata (Batsch) Quél. 1872

Description

Pileus persistently hemispherical, obtuse, even, viscid, pale-yellow, 1.5-3 cm. across; flesh thin, white; gills broadly adnate, up to 1 cm. broad in larger specimens, margin straight, greyish, clouded with the dark spores, rather close together; spores 12 x 6 µ; stem 6-12 cm. high, 3-5 mm. thick, equal, glabrous, viscid, yellowish, hollow, ring imperfect, inferior, soon stained with the dark spores.

Distribution

Middle Island, New Zealand. Australia, Tasmania, South Africa, Europe, Siberia, United States.

Habitat

On dung.

Notes

Distinguished by the hemispherical viscid pileus and broad gills. In very large vigorous specimens the pileus sometimes becomes plano-convex. Poisonous.