Gliophorus chromolimoneus is a species of agaric fungus in the family Hygrophoraceae found in New Zealand and Australia.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hygrophoraceae |
| Genus: | Gliophorus |
| Species: | G. chromolimoneus
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| Gliophorus chromolimoneus (G. Stev.)E.Horak (1973)
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Description edit
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ "Gliophorus chromolimoneus E.Horak 1973". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ Roy & Elma Kearney. "Lane Cove Bushland Park". Sydney Fungal Studies Group. Archived from the original on 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
- ^ a b "Gliophorus chromolimoneus E.Horak 1973". New Zealand's Virtual Mycota. Landcare Research. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
External links edit
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