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Descolea
Notes
Cap brown to dark brown, often with scales, usually dry. Stalk with well-developed ring with prominent striations. Spore print brown.
Always on soil, ectomycorrhizal under
Nothofagus
and tea-tree. There are three species in New Zealand, two of these known also from Australia.
D. gunnii
is commonly found under tea-tree,
D. majestatica
and
D. phlebophora
may be restricted to
Nothofagus
.
Descolea
has the appearance of a small
Rozites
, but
Rozites
tends
to have strongly glutinous caps, and
Descolea
dryish caps. The only certain way to distinguish the genera is to examine the microscopic structure of the cap.
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Descolea gunnii
Descolea majestatica
A large species in
Nothofagus
forest, with the characteristic slimy cap of this species. The macroscopically similar
Rozites castanellus
has a ring near the base of the stalk, rather than near the top.