PDD 68166 – Marasmius croceus G. Stev.
Data provider:
New Zealand Fungarium - Te Kohinga Hekaheka o Aotearoa
Barcode:
PDD 68166
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:
Marasmius croceus G. Stev.
Determiner:
D.E. Desjardin, E. Horak
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Marasmius croceus G. Stev.
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Marasmiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Associations:
has host Dacrydium sp.
Other components
Active identification
Determined name:
Dacrydium sp.
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Dacrydium
Division:
Pteridophyta
Class:
Pinopsida
Order:
Pinales
Family:
Podocarpaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Present:
no
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Unknown
Standard locality
Location:
Ahaura, between Mitchells and Kumara
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-42.3452 171.538
Verbatim locality:
Ahaura, between Mitchells and Kumara
Verbatim collector:
E. Horak
Standardised collector:
Egon Horak
Verbatim date:
1968/03/09
Start date:
1968-03-09
New Zealand Area Codes:
Buller
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Ngāti Rārua
Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Grid:
2389500E 5872500N (WGS84 -42.345209 171.537533)
Specimen notes
Public Note:
In their monograph Horak & Desjardin did not include M. elegans in their key. Rather they distinguish croceus with pileus 8-30mm, pileipellis setulae 3-20um long, spores 7.5-9x3-3.5um, and pusio pileus 4-10mm, pileipellis setulae 1-6um, spores 8-10.5x3.5-4.5. Under M. croceus there is a note on elegans with larger spores 10.5-13x4.5-6, pileipellis setulae to 2-8um, and caulocustidia irregular cylindrical and not siccus. M. pusio was described from the US and unlikley to be present in NZ. Sequenced material suggests that Stevenson's M. croceus and M. pusio NZ reprsenet the same taxon and it is variable in size. M. elegans can overlap in size. There is the potential the Au/NZ concepts of elegans and croceus are confused.
J.A. Cooper, 2026
J.A. Cooper, 2026
Duplicates
ZT: ZT 68-116
Direction:
Received
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