Species
Ramariopsis avellanea
Etymology
avellanea: hazel, nut-brown
Common Name(s)
None
Qualifiers
2009 - OL
Authority
R.H.Petersen
Family
Gomphaceae, Basidiomycetes
Flora Category
Fungi - Native
Distribution
Known from three individual collections, all from a small area of Northland.
Features
The arbuscular fruit bodies, which are up to 3 x 1 cm, branch delicately and dichotomously in 2–4 ranks. They arise from small whitish mycelial patches. The erect stipe (stalk) is up to 15 x 2 mm. It is purplish tan to pale dull violet. The lower branches are concolourous but the higher ones are paler. The apices are delicate, to 3 mm long, and awl-shaped. The taste and odour is negligible. The spores are 3.6–4.3 x 2.9–3.2 µm, ovate to ellipsoid. They are thin-walled and hardly roughened. The ornamentation consists of extremely short, sparsely scattered prickles. Fruit bodies are pigmented from the start, and the final colouration is close to that of R. pulchella, which is much more strikingly purple.
Fruiting
Collected in June 1981 and May 1982.
Substrate
Substrate not recorded, presumably on soil.
Where Held
PDD (holotype), TENN (isotype)
Extant Collections
3
This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010