Gliophorus chromolimoneus

Gliophorus chromolimoneus is a species of agaric fungus in the family Hygrophoraceae found in New Zealand and Australia.[2]

Gliophorus chromolimoneus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Gliophorus
Species:
G. chromolimoneus
Binomial name
Gliophorus chromolimoneus
(G. Stev.)E.Horak (1973)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hygrophorus chromolimoneus G. Stev., Kew Bulletin 16 (3): 383 (1963)
  • Hygrocybe chromolimonea (G. Stev.) T.W. May & A.E. Wood, Mycotaxon 54: 148 (1995)

Description

The cap is 5 to 25 mm (0.2 to 1.0 in) in diameter, hemispherical at first, flattening with age and becoming umbonate. It is glutinous to the touch and some shade of pale to chrome yellow. The margin is striated and the texture membranaceous. The gills are adnate to decurrent and the same colour as the cap at first, but fade with age, and have a gelatinous thread. The stipe is 20 to 40 mm (0.8 to 1.6 in) long, 2 to 4 mm (0.08 to 0.16 in) in diameter, cylindrical, hollow and glutinous throughout its length; the base is orange, but the rest of the stipe is the same colour as the cap. The spores are ellipsoid, smooth and inamyloid, and measure 7–9.5 x 4-6 µm. The basidia are 0-47 x 6-7 µm, and four-spored.[3]

Ecology

Gliophorus chromolimoneus is a common saprotrophic species of fungus, deriving its nutrition from decaying organic matter. The fruiting bodies appear between December and June among the leaf litter under Nothofagus, Kunzea ericoides and Leptospermum scoparium trees, or in mixed broad-leafed and conifer woodland with Dacrydium cupressinum, Metrosideros umbellata and Podocarpus laetus. It sometimes grows on mossy banks and occasionally on rotten wood.[3]

References
  1. "Gliophorus chromolimoneus E.Horak 1973". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  2. Roy & Elma Kearney. "Lane Cove Bushland Park". Sydney Fungal Studies Group. Archived from the original on 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  3. "Gliophorus chromolimoneus E.Horak 1973". New Zealand's Virtual Mycota. Landcare Research. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
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