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Pleurotus novae-zelandiae

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Pleurotus novae-zelandiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Pleurotaceae
Genus: Pleurotus
Species:
P. novae-zelandiae
Binomial name
Pleurotus novae-zelandiae
(Berk.) Sacc., 1887

Pleurotus novae-zelandiae is a species of fungus in the genus Pleurotus first described by Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1855, endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Description

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General

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  • The cap is hygrophanous, subgelatinous, white, fan-shaped, reniform, 6–8 cm. broad, 3–4 cm. long;
  • The stem is obsolete but the mushroom is attached by a narrowed base which forms a little round disc,
  • The gills are broad, distant, thin, interstices veiny.[1]

Neither Greta Stevenson (1964) nor Egon Horak (1971) could trace material of P. novae-zelandiae, and according to Barbara P. Segedin [Wikidata] its description by Berkeley from 1855 would indicate it to be a species of Marasmiellus or Resupinatus.[2] Nevertheless, it is still an accepted species.[3]

Distribution, habitat & ecology

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This mushroom is saprobic on dead wood, present on North Island, of New Zealand.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "VIRTUAL MYCOTA: NZ Fungi Identification: Pleurotus novae-zelandiae". virtualmycota.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  2. ^ Segedin, BP; Buchanan, PK; Wilkie, JP (1995). "Studies in the agaricales of New Zealand: New species, new records and renamed species of Pleurotus (Pleurotaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 8 (3): 453–482. doi:10.1071/SB9950453.
  3. ^ "Pleurotus novae-zelandiae (Berk.) Sacc. | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2023-03-04.