Report: 20th New Zealand Fungal Foray, Westport
A foray report by Petra White in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
Funding from the Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity Information System Program (TFBIS) allowed us to capture information on collections more systematically than had previously been attempted and the society is grateful to TFBIS for its support. More information on the TFBIS project may be found here.
During the foray we captured information on 682 collections representing 253 taxa. 335 collections were added to PDD. None had a Nationally Critical status although 57 records had a current Data Deficient status. However, 14 collections had only one previous collection, of which 4 new to NZ and 4 were the second collection after the original Type specimen (see below). In addition, the use of the FUNNZ tracking system allowed us to capture and collate 425 images of 165 taxa. Images of macrofungi in their fresh state are critical to identification because gross morphology is lost on drying. Many of the taxa had no previous captured image.
The complete species list, prepared using the protocols and databases funded by TFBIS, is now available. Only a subset of the information is currently publicly available (collector & determiner details are witheld). The list provides linkages to captured images and corresponding PDD collections.
Significant Collections:
Agaricus genadii. New record for New Zealand
Campanella olivaceonigra. Type collection only
Clavulina hispidulosa
Cortinarius ignellus. Type collection only
Cortinarius singularis. Type collection only
Dacrymyces tortus
Galerina austrocalyptrata. New record for New Zealand
Lepiota purpurata
Mycena carmeliana. New record for New Zealand
Nivatogastrium sp. All species rarely collected in New Zealand
Pythium insidiosum. On a horse!
Resupinatus merulioides. New record for New Zealand
Selenosporella curvispora. New record for New Zealand
Thaxterogaster viola. Type collection only
Trichia crateriforms. Record requires confirmation
Some images:
Dacrymyces tortus
scale = 2cm. Differs from D.
capitatus in having no clamps and thick walled spores
(= D. punctiformis auct. UK)
Galerina austrocalyptrata
Scale = 5mm. Calyptrate spores and cheilocystidia.
Lepiota pupurata
An unlikley looking Lepiota
Mycena carmeliana
Scale = 5mm. With yellow/orange basal disk.
Nivatogastrium sp.
Resupinatus merulioides
Collected by Pam & David Catcheside. This was originally described from Japan (from hotel grounds during an International Mycological Congress). A lookalike is Campanella vinosolivida but that has cylindrical spores, rather than the globose spores of a Resupinatus.
Cortinarius peraurantiacus (= Thaxterogaster aurantiacus)
As featured on TV One news - along with David Orlovich
Phylloporus novaezelandiae
Aeruginospora c.f. furfuracea
‘Trichocomaceae sp.’
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This, as yet unnamed, taxon has recently been discovered in at least 4 sites
across the country on empty Powelliphanta shells. It isn't known if the
fungus is detrimental to the snail.