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.
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A note from Jerry - Currently (Nov. 2012) all the entries here are mine. Don't let this put you off adding entries. I use this site to make available work I don't intend to publish (in this form at least) and which otherwise wouldn't be widely available but which might be of interest. The entries are not peer reviewed so please also use the feedback facility to stimulate discussion.
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.
Mycological Notes 15: The Species Number Game
Jerry Cooper, August 2012
How many species of fungi are described per year globally and in New Zealand? How many fungi are there left to be named? How have these figures been changing over time? I'm involved in managing a number of databases with the relevan facts and figures.
Mycological Notes 14: Macrocystidia reducta - Nationally Vulnerable?
Macrocystidia reducta is a distinctive secotioid fungus which appears to be localised to the Banks Peninsula. It is the only secotioid member of a genus which is phylogentically isolated and with just 6 described species. Have you seen this fungus?
Mycological Notes 13: Potential 'New Organisms'
Passive surveillance by the general public forms an important part of our biosecurity system. We all have a legal duty to report 'organisms not normally seen'. As mycologists (professionals and otherwise) we see a lot of stuff not normally seen. Here's a contribution to the surveillance effort, and some comments on the current system.
Mycological Notes 12: Pink & Blue polypores and C.G. Lloyd
Jerry Cooper, July 2012
Some notes on the bracket fungi Postia caesia, Aurantiporus pulcherrimus and Antrodiella zonata and the opinionated C.G. Lloyd (1859-1926)
Mycological Notes 11: Boletus edulis in Canterbury
Jerry Cooper, July 2012.
In the mycological world Hagley Park is famous for its population of Boletus edulis ...
Mycological Notes 10: Boletopsis nothofagi
Jerry Cooper, June 2012
Pat Leonard and I recently described this new species of Boletopsis mycorrhizal with beech. The genus has not previously been recorded in the southern hemisphere.
Mycological Notes 9: Bondarzewia in New Zealand
Jerry Cooper, June 2012
Bondarzewia berkeleyi is the name given to a big yellow polypore in New Zealand, but sequence evidence suggest is isn't really this species.
Mycological Notes 8: Grey gelatinous blobs and the Yin-Yang fungus
Jerry Cooper, June 2012
Not all grey gelatinous blobs are Sirobasidium brefeldianum.
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