B98012
Received 25 February 1998; accepted 8 April 1998
Four new Pirottaea species from New Zealand
PETER R. JOHNSTON
Herbarium PDD
Landcare Research
Private Bag 92170
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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