Pleurotus novae-zelandiae

Pleurotus novae-zelandiae
Scientific 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

General

• 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• The stem is obsolete but the mushroom is attached by a narrowed base which forms a little round disc,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 and ecology

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

References

1. "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.