Gliophorus bichromus

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Gliophorus bichromus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Gliophorus
Species:
G. bichromus
Binomial name
Gliophorus bichromus
E.Horak (1973)

Gliophorus bichromus is a species of agaric fungus in the family Hygrophoraceae. Found in New Zealand, it was described by mycologist Egon Horak in 1973. [1]

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Description

The cap is about 10mm in diameter, is lemon yellow, and convex. The color can fade in maturity to more of a grey, especially in the center. The gills are curved and are whitish-yellow. The stipe (stem) is yellow at the base, and white at the apex, about 15mm tall. Taste and odor are not distinctive and the KOH reaction on the cap is negative. The "Spores [are] 5.5-7.5 x 3-3.5 μm, ellipsoid, smooth, inamyloid. Basidia 28-32 x 4-5 μm, 4-spored. Cystidia absent". [2] [3]

G. bichromus grows under Nothofagus cliffortioides in New Zealands montane forest. [2]

Similar Species

The genus Gliophorus can be distinguished from most other similar species by its entire fruiting body being slimy, rather than just the cap or stipe. [3]

Mycena primulina can be distinguished microscopically by its abundant cheilocystidia and larger spore size. [2]

Gliophorus chromolimoneus has a slightly larger cap, up to 30mm, and spores that are slightly larger at 6.5-9 X 4-5.5 μm. [3]

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References

  1. Horak E. (1973). Fungi agaricini Novaezelandiae I-V. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia. Vol. 43. p. 170.
  2. 1 2 3 "VIRTUAL MYCOTA: NZ Fungi Identification: Gliophorus sulfureus". virtualmycota.landcareresearch.co.nz. Archived from the original on 2024-02-07. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  3. 1 2 3 Horak, Egon (July 1990). "Monograph of the New Zealand Hygrophoraceae (Agaricales)". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 28 (3): 255–309. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1990.10412313. ISSN   0028-825X.