New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts
Checklist of fungi on nikau palm (Rhopalostylis sapida and R. baueri var. cheesemanii) in New Zealand
E. H. C. McKenzie
P. K. Buchanan
P. R. Johnston
New Zealand Fungal Collection (PDD)
Landcare Research
Private Bag 92170
Auckland, New Zealand
Abstract A brief account of fungi associated with nikau (Rhopalostylis sapida and R. baueri var. cheesemanii) in New Zealand is followed by an annotated listing of all fungi known to grow on living or dead parts of these endemic palms. Records have been gleaned mainly from the New Zealand Fungal Collection (PDD) and its associated database, and from the literature. The fungi include only a few pathogens. Most fungi associated with Rhopalostylis are saprobes found on dead and fallen leaves, especially on the large leaf sheath. A total of 147 named species of fungi and 50 species identified only to genus, distributed within 134 genera, have been recorded. Many of the fungi are commonly found on other plant substrata within New Zealand, or elsewhere. Twenty-four species have been described with R. sapida as the type substratum, and of these 17 are known only on R. sapida, including the corticioid, monotypic genus, Mycothele.
Keywords biodiversity; pathogens; saprobes; nikau palm; Rhopalostylis sapida; Rhopalostylis baueri var. cheesemanii
B03020; Received 20 June 2003; accepted 19 September 2003; Online publication date 3 June 2004
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 2004, Vol. 42: 335-355
0028-825X/04/4202-0335 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2004
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