PDD 120147 – Thaxterogaster austrocyanites (Soop) Niskanen & Liimat.
Data provider:
New Zealand Fungarium - Te Kohinga Hekaheka o Aotearoa
Barcode:
PDD 120147
Specimen type:
Packet
Database record added:
10 January 2023
Database record updated:
03 March 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Cortinarius austrocyanites ?
Determiner:
C.F. Schwarz
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Thaxterogaster austrocyanites (Soop) Niskanen & Liimat.
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Cortinariaceae
Determination uncertain:
yes
Identification type:
Determination
Associations:
has host Nothofagus
Substrate:
in moss under Nothofagus
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Cortinarius "Blue Flesh"
Determiner:
C.F. Schwarz
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Cortinarius (Pers.) Gray 1821
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Other components
Active identification
Determined name:
Nothofagus
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Nothofagus
Division:
Tracheophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Fagales
Family:
Nothofagaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Arthur's Pass National Park, Klondyke Corner
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.0061 171.583
Verbatim locality:
Arthur's Pass National Park, Klondyke Corner Area
Verbatim collector:
C.F. Schwarz
Standardised collector:
C. F. Schwarz
Collectors reference no.:
CFS 3004
Verbatim date:
1/05/2019
Start date:
2019-05-01
Country:
New Zealand
New Zealand Area Codes:
North Canterbury
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.008175 171.5779717 (WGS84 -43.008175 171.577972)
Specimen notes
Public Note:
Cap 2-4 cm across. Broadly convex at first to nearly plane. Margin distinctly crenulate. Viscid, drying out. Smooth. Margin opaque. Deep olive with blackish streaks, some drier areas with brown tones.
Gills narrow, even-edged, very pallid grayish developing purplish washes or blotches.
Stipe 40-60 cm tall, 7 mm thick. Surface vertically striate, entire surface with thin silvery fibrils, upper parts nearly chevrons, this layer easily removed by handling. Lower areas with whitish covering bruising away to reveal deep royal blue to intense amethyst color. Straight to sinuous or curved, thicker below, base somewhat tapered.
KOH negative. Taste indistinct. Odor not strong, but unpleasant... rancid-farinceous.
Fruiting in moss under Nothofagus.
Possibly C. austrocyanites?
C.F. Schwarz
C.F. Schwarz
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