PDD 106681 – Lycoperdon sp. 'Croydon (PDD 106681)' J.A. Cooper ined.
Data provider:
New Zealand Fungarium - Te Kohinga Hekaheka o Aotearoa
Barcode:
PDD 106681
Specimen type:
Packet
Database record added:
13 November 2018
Database record updated:
18 June 2022
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Lycoperdon sp. 'Croydon (PDD 106681)'
Determiner:
J.A. Cooper
Identification date:
2019 (Verbatim: 2019)
Preferred name:
Lycoperdon sp. 'Croydon (PDD 106681)' J.A. Cooper ined.
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Lycoperdaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Associations:
has host Metzgeria furcata
Substrate:
live moss
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Lycoperdon
Determiner:
J.A. Cooper
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Lycoperdon Pers.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Other components
Active identification
Determined name:
Metzgeria furcata
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Metzgeria furcata (L.) Corda 1829
Division:
Marchantiophyta
Class:
Jungermanniopsida
Order:
Metzgeriales
Family:
Metzgeriaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Croydon park, Wellington
Verbatim locality:
Croydon park, Wellington
Verbatim collector:
A. Wills
Standardised collector:
A. Wills
Verbatim date:
2016/12/7
Start date:
2016-12-07
Country:
New Zealand
New Zealand Area Codes:
Wellington
Native lands:
Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Taranaki Whānui ki te Upoko o te Ika
Te Atiawa (Wellington)
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-41.2957244782 174.745118021 (WGS84 -41.295724 174.745118)
Habitat:
branch
Specimen notes
Public Note:
small fruitbodies 8-10mm high x 5-7mm diam. with a very short small cylindrical base with rhizoids and attached to (parasite of?) the Metzgeria furcata liverwort in the photo. The egg-shaped fruitbodies are apically and irregularly dehiscent with a floury-granulose surface covering. There are three layers to the peridium, including that outer layer. The capillitium is of the Lycoperdon-type, unbranched and connected to the walls of the peridium. The capillitia have swollen thick-walled septa. The capillitium is brown. There is no basal membrane and no sterile base. The spores are globose, minutely verrucose and with a short pedicel diam. 3.5-4.3µm (µ=3.9, σ=0.2). Lycoperdon fusiforme described from Tibet has a siilar form, but there isn't enough data on that species. I suspect this is an overlooked, undescribed species. It would be interesting to know if this really is a moss/liverwort parasite. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/4727832, https://inaturalist.nz/observations/4711808.
J.A. Cooper
J.A. Cooper
External links
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Assigned reference numbers
JA Cooper Fungarium:
JAC14312
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