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Received 25 February 1998; accepted 8 April 1998Herbarium PDD
Abstract Pirottaea falcata , P. horoeka , P. mahinapua , and P. palmicola spp. nov. are described from New Zealand. The fruiting bodies of three species form on dead leaf tissue: P. horoeka on Pseudopanax crassifolius (Araliaceae), P. mahinapua on Phormium tenax (Phormiaceae), and P. palmicola on Rhopalostylis sapida (Arecaceae). Those of P. falcata develop within the tomentum of living Olearia (Asteraceae) leaves. Lachnum willisii , also associated with the leaf tomentum of Asteraceae, is reported from New Zealand for the first time.
Received 25 February 1998; accepted 8 April 1998
Four new Pirottaea species from New Zealand
PETER R. JOHNSTON
Herbarium PDD
Landcare Research
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Auckland, New Zealand
Abstract Pirottaea falcata , P. horoeka , P. mahinapua , and P. palmicola spp. nov. are described from New Zealand. The fruiting bodies of three species form on dead leaf tissue: P. horoeka on Pseudopanax crassifolius (Araliaceae), P. mahinapua on Phormium tenax (Phormiaceae), and P. palmicola on Rhopalostylis sapida (Arecaceae). Those of P. falcata develop within the tomentum of living Olearia (Asteraceae) leaves. Lachnum willisii , also associated with the leaf tomentum of Asteraceae, is reported from New Zealand for the first time.
Keywords Pirottaea ; Dermateaceae; Rhopalostylis ; Olearia ; Pseudopanax ; Phormium ; New Zealand; fungi
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