PDD 35806 – Coniophora viridis (Berk.) Sacc.
Data provider:
New Zealand Fungarium - Te Kohinga Hekaheka o Aotearoa
Barcode:
PDD 35806
Type status:
Isotype
Specimen type:
Packet
Loan status:
Active
Database record added:
11 April 2011
Database record updated:
15 January 2026
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Coniophora viridis Sacc.
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Coniophora viridis (Berk.) Sacc.
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Boletales
Family:
Coniophoraceae
Identification type:
Determination
Substrate:
wood, decorticated and bark
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Corticium viride Berk.
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Coniophora viridis (Berk.) Sacc.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Identification
Determined name:
Corticium viride
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Coniophora viridis (Berk.) Sacc.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Implicit
Type status:
Isotype
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
New Zealand Area Codes:
North Island
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Grid:
2777070E 6274270N (WGS84 -38.694247 176.069792)
Specimen notes
Public Note:
Berkeley's introduction of Corticium viride was based on a specimen from Colenso, North Island, and un-numbered in the protologue. In 1906 Massee asserted there was no type specimen at Kew, but Cunningham in 1957 indicated it was present and split between folders Coniophora viridis and Thelephora viridis - two different species erroneously synonymised by Cooke in 1880. The latter also has a type at Kew K(M)178558 from Tasmania. Ginns(1973) examined the 'type' of C. viridis and concluded it was not the same as the species re-described by Cunningham in 1957 and asserted that his description must be a misapplication based on the two later cited specimens (PDD 12586 & PDD 37804). Julich (1973) erected the genus Scotoderma for Ginn's concept. However, Ginns/Julich and Cunningham were describing different 'types'. Cunningham (1957) examined K(M) 35289 (=Colenso 3758), whilst Ginns (1973) and Julich (1973) examined K(M) 178558. The former is most certainly Berkeley/Colenso's original specimen, and it represents the holotype of Corticium viride and re-described by Cunningham. K(M)17558 is also from Colenso but annotated by Berkeley as Thelephora viride. It seems to represent a specimen sent to Berkeley after he had described T. viridis from Tasmania and as another, later, collection from New Zealand. The specimen appears to have no type status in relation to either C. viride or T. viridis. Cooke, I think confused the two names and moved this collection of T. viridis (mis-determined by Berkeley) from Berkeley's collection to his own collection and under the incorrect synonymy of Corticium viride = Theleophora viridis. In 1973 Ginns described K(M)17558 in Cooke's herbarium under the incorrect impression it represented the type of C. viride. This provided the basis for Julich's erection of Scotoderma. Nomenclaturally the generic name Scotoderma is based on the type species Corticium viride and the type specimen of that is K(M) 35289, not K(M)17558. Thus the generic name Scotoderma is based on a misinterpretation of the type and should be dismissed. Recent (2025) material closer to Cunningham's description is a Coniophora and thus the name C. viride has been re-instated. The confusion seems to have started with Cooke and his movement of a specimen from Berkeley's collection to his own, and with incorrect synonymy. I believe the Berkeley specimens are kept separate at Kew - perhaps stipulated by Berkeley - and his type material is sometimes overlooked. Ginns assumed the specimen in Cooke's collection was the only available material and so it had to be the type, without realising the true Berkeley type was elsewhere [JAC 2025]
https://records.data.kew.org/occurrences/bd18fb05-e07d-4cad-bdc4-f8f2fc0b7ff3
https://records.data.kew.org/occurrences/35a6e6d0-850e-43b8-82dc-d14b002eeb90
J.A. Cooper, 2025
J.A. Cooper, 2025
Public Note:
This kleptotype consists of two slides, one broken open and neither with useful material, and an empty packet.
J.A. Cooper, 2026
J.A. Cooper, 2026
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