Mycological Notes 31: Notes on Gymnopus (including Micromphale), Rhodocollybia & Mycetinis in New Zealand
A draft key to the NZ Gymnopoid fungi.
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Mycological Notes 30: Notes on the genus Laccaria in New Zealand
This is the first attempt at a revision of McNabb's 1972 treatment of Laccaria in New Zealand using information from recent documented and sequenced collections. The indigenous species appear to be more host specific than previously recognised and the names applied to introduced taxa needed updating from McNabb's treatment. Jerry Cooper
Mycological Notes 29: New Combinations of New Zealand Fungi
These are a number of ‘bookeeping’ combinations, formally published in IndexFungorum, necessary because phyolegentic data show the current genus assignments to be incorrect. In addition to the phylogenetic evidence the morphological evidence has been checked by examining material in PDD.
Jerry Cooper
Mycological Notes 28: Notes on the genus Russula in New Zealand
Here is some basic data for New Zealand species of Russula, together with a preliminary key.
Pat Leonard and I have been working on a revision of New Zealand species of Russula, Lactifluus and Lactarius for a number of years. That work is close to completion and a manuscript describing the new species is in preparation. We are conscious the work has taken much longer than expected, and so we present a trial key here.
Jerry Cooper & Pat Leonard
Mycological Notes 26: Draft Key to amyloid-spored group of New Zealand Mycena species and closely allied genera
This is a very preliminary attempt to enumerate some of the New Zealand species of Mycena.
Mycological Notes 25: New Zealand Powdery Mildews
A preliminary re-assessment of the names applied to powdery mildews in New Zealand, and their hosts
Jerry Cooper, August 2013
Mycological Notes 24: Two Powdery Mildews on exotic and endemic hosts.
Brief notes on two uncommon powdery mildews in New Zealand
Jerry Cooper, August 14th, 2103
Mycological Notes 23: Three new species of foetid Gymnopus
Pat Leonard and I describe three new species of foetid Gymnopus in New Zealand
July 2013
Mycological Notes 18: Rhizopogon in New Zealand
Jerry Cooper, 17th November 2012
Rhizopogon is a genus of truffles ectomycorrhizal with Pinus and often common in plantations. Current data indicate New Zealand has six species.
Mycological Notes 16: Variability in Leratiomyces erythrocephalus
Jerry Cooper, September 2012
The familiar scarlet pouch fungus can be quite variable in appearance and that has caught out more than one mycologist, including me. Here I describe that variability, and I also predict this fungus will eventually spread around the world on wood chips.