New Zealand Journal of Botany abstract
Species of Agaricus occurring in New Zealand
A. D. MITCHELL
Ecology and Entomology Group
Soil, Plant and Ecological Sciences Division
P.O. Box 84
Lincoln University
Lincoln, New Zealand
M. WALTER
The Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand
Canterbury Research Centre
P.O. Box 51
Lincoln, New Zealand
Abstract A key is provided for 21 species occurring in New
Zealand:
Agaricus arvensis,
A. augustus,
A. bambusae
var.
australis,
A. bernardii,
A. bisporus var.
bisporus,
A. bitorquis,
A. campestris var.
campestris,
A. campestris cf. var.
floccipes,
A.
cupreobrunneus,
A. horakii,
A. impudicus (=
A.
variegans),
A. lanatoniger,
A. lanipes,
A.
meleagris,
A. oligocystis,
A. porphyrocephalus,
A.
purpureoniger,
A. semotus,
A. subperonatus,
A.
viridopurpurascens, and
A. xanthoderma. Full descriptions are given
for those taxa encountered by the authors in the field, including 10 species
which are considered cosmoplitan in distribution. Six of these species are new
records for New Zealand.
Keywords Agaricales; Agaricus; mushroom; New Zealand;
systematics; taxonomy
B98070
Received 21 December 1998; accepted 23 August 1999
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