Singerocybe clitocyboides

Singerocybe clitoboides is a species of fungus in the genus Singerocybe. It is endemic to Australia and New Zealand.

Taxonomy

The species was described in 1887 by Cooke and Massee as Agaricus clitocyboides. The holotype specimen was collected from Gippsland, Victoria Australia. In 2014, A. clitocyboides was moved to the genus Singerocybe by Zhu, Yang and Gates as Singerocybe clitocyboides Zhu L. Yang, J. Qin & G.M. Gates, comb. nov.

Description

The pileus ranges from in diameter, that is convex depressed in shape.The pileus is a pale yellow to orange colour that is glabrous and smooth, that occasionally is tinged with red.
The stipe is in length and in width, it is centrally attached. It is curved and subclavate in shape, with a pale whitish colour. The stipe has a solid structure with no chambers located within it.
The lamellae are crowded and thin, that are structured in a collarium that are a broad white colour. The spores of Singerocybe clitocyboides are elliptic/ellipsoid in shape and have a size of 5 x 2u.

Habitat & distribution

Singerocybe clitocyboides occurs in forest and has been identified in the North Island of New Zealand and the territories of Victoria, New South Wales and Southern Australia, Australia. It has been identified on rotting woods such as old fern logs and on the ground of lowland podocarp, broad-leaved forests.