Held at the Waiora Scout Camp from 11th to 17th May 2008.

A mycological colloquium was held at the St Margaret's College, University of Otago. The program is available here.

Foray Report

By Jerry Cooper 10th February 2009

A complete species list can be downloaded here.

Statistics:

• 769 records were added to the FUNNZ database (c.f 708 on the 2007 FUNNZ foray)
• The FUNNZ foray records database now contains 5,847 observation/collection records
• The 769 records represent 368 taxa (c.f. 387 taxa on the 2007 FUNNZ foray)
• 516 collections were added to the PDD national collection (c.f. 588 collections on the 2007 FUNNZ foray)
• 412 photographs were recorded

Sites with most collections:

• Waipori 255 (multiple sites)
• Woodside Glen 90
• Orokonui 75

Assessment using DOC criteria for conservation status:

• 2 records of Russula inquinata which is currently listed as ‘Nationally Critical’, but probably needs reassessment.
• 65 records of 47 taxa listed as ‘Data deficient’

Agaricus lanatoniger
Astrosporina viscata
Clavogaster novozelandicus
Clavulina brunneocinerea
Clavulina cristata var. zealandica
Clavulina urnigerobasidiata
Cortinarius carbonellus
Cortinarius caryotis
Cortinarius collybianus
Cortinarius cremeolinus
Cortinarius cucumeris
Cortinarius exlugubris
Cortinarius gemmeus
Cortinarius indotatus
Cortinarius lubricanescens
Cortinarius minoscaurus
Cortinarius papaver
Cortinarius persplendidus
Cortinarius veronicae
Cortinarius vitreopileatus
Crepidotus nanicus
Crepidotus novae-zealandiae
Dendrothele pulvinata
Dermocybe vinicolor
Entoloma sulphureum
Entoloma uliginicola
Gliophorus pallidus
Hohenbuehelia luteohinnulea
Humidicutis conspicua
Humidicutis luteovirens
Humidicutis rosella
Hygrocybe blanda
Hygrocybe julietae
Hyphoderma puberum
Marasmius gelatinosipes
Melanotus citrisporus
Multiclavula mucida
Mycena morris-jonesii
Peziza ammophila
Peziza badia
Pholiota multicingulata
Pleurocollybia cremea
Pleuroflammula praestans
Ramariopsis crocea
Rhodocybe dingleyae
Russula multicystidiata
Scopuloides hydnoides

Taxa not previously recorded in New Zealand:

Bisporella itrina (PDD95067)
Clitopilus argentinus (PDD87508, PDD87516)
Entoloma rusticoides (PDD87506)
Mycena austrofilopes (PDD87620)
Pluteus nanus (PDD87501, PDD87502)
Typhula erythropus (no supporting herbarium material)
Volvariella taylori (PDD87503)

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Jerry’s Notes on Collections:

More details and images of these collections, and all other foray collection deposited in PDD can be found on the .

Clitopilus argentinus
Egon Horak in ‘Agaricales of New Zealand Volume 1’ describes two collections of Clitopilus close to C. hobsonii. The two foray collections of a Clitopilus are identical to each other and have spores close to PDD88168 but context and size closer to PDD88169. However, the foray collections match exactly C. argentinus known from Argentina and North America. It is characterised by distinctive hyaline crystals encrusting the cap hyphae that are not present in C. hobsonii. C. argentinus is separated from another similar species, C. incrustans, by a lack of brown plate-like pigments.
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Entoloma rusticoides, Pluteus nanus, Volvariella taylori
These are European species that were collected in sand dune habitats during the foray. Sand dunes in New Zealand are poorly studied for fungi. These collections were all associated with Marram grass fore-dunes. Marram was introduced into New Zealand in the 19th century from Australia, where it was originally introduced from Europe. It was used to stabilize dune systems, with the unfortunate consequence of significantly decreasing areas of natural biodiverse dune ecosystems, and excluding native species such as Pingao. The foray sand-dune collections included a Hohenbuehelia initially thought to be the European ‘Red Data’ species Hohenbuehelia culmicola. However that species has a distinct stipe and dark colouration not possessed by the Otago collection. The collection does however match a collection of ‘Hohenbuehelia culmicola’ seen by the author 22 years ago in Yorkshire (FRDBI 774018).

Interestingly Entoloma rusticoides also occurs on a number of European Red Data lists). It would be interesting to know by what route these fungi arrived in Otago!

Entoloma rusticoides

Pluteus nanus

Volvariella taylori

Hohenbuehelia sp.

Mycena austrofilopes
This distinctive taxon has been collected a number of times in New Zealand but only recently recognised. It can be mistaken for Mycena cystidiosa, especially in New Zealand where M. cystidiosa does not seem to be frequently accompanied by sterile stipes. M. cystidiosa does of course have characteristic metuloid cystidia (itself not to be confused with Hydropus funebris which looks like a Mycena and also has metuloid cystidia).

Melanotus citrisporus
This species was only known from the Type collection on dead Astelia leaves from North Island. It was found twice on the foray from different locations and also on dead leaves of Astelia. It has very distinctive spores.
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Spores (scale=10um bars)

Participants:

Toni Atkinson
Peter Austwick
Candice Barclay
Ross Beever
Ann Bell
Dan Mahoney
Stan Bellgard
Helen Bichan
Robin Booth
Verna Brevig
Margaret Bryant
Peter Buchanan
Sue Bunning
Pam & David Catcheside
Jerry Cooper
Wanda Daley
Ian Dickie
Sarah Dodd
Suzy Draffin
Rebekah Fuller
Monika Fry
Tegan Garland
Genevieve Gates
Karyn Hoksbergen
Anna Hopkins
Peter Johnston
Rod Hitchmough
Mary Hunt
Kohmei Kadowaki
Shirley Kerr
Patrick Leonard
David Lyttle
Aidan O'Donnell
Barbara Paulus
David Orlovich
Shaun Pennycook
Biddy Pollard
Michael Pilkington
David Ratkowsky
Katherine Redshaw
Innes Ritchie
Nick Singers
Karl Soop
Steve Stephenson
Lawre Taylor
Petra White
Katrin Walbert
Paula Wilkie

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