Pleurotus novae-zelandiae explained

Pleurotus novae-zelandiae is a species of fungus in the genus Pleurotus first described by Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1855, endemic to New Zealand.

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• The stem is obsolete but the mushroom is attached by a narrowed base which forms a little round disc,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

Neither Greta Stevenson (1964) nor Egon Horak (1971) could trace material of P. novae-zelandiae, and according to its description by Berkeley from 1855 would indicate it to be a species of Marasmiellus or Resupinatus. Nevertheless, it is still an accepted species.^[1]

Distribution, habitat & ecology

This mushroom is saprobic on dead wood, present on North Island, of New Zealand.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pleurotus novae-zelandiae (Berk.) Sacc. COL . 2023-03-04 . www.catalogueoflife.org.