Oudemansiella australis
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| Oudemansiella australis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Physalacriaceae |
| Genus: | Oudemansiella |
| Species: | O. australis |
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| Oudemansiella australis G.Stev. & G.M.Taylor (1964) | |
Oudemansiella australis is a species of gilled mushroom in the family Physalacriaceae. It is found in Australasia, where it grows on rotting wood. It produces fruit bodies that are white, with caps up to 5.5 cm (2.2 in) in diameter, attached to short, thick stems.
The species was reported as new to science by Greta Stevenson and G.M. Taylor in a 1964 publication, based on a specimen found in March, 1961.[1] According to the 1986 arrangement of Pegler and Young, based largely on spore structure, Oudemansiella australis is classified in the section Oudemansiella of genus Oudemansiella, along with the species O. mucida, O. venesolamellata, and O. canarii.[2] In a more recent classification proposed by Yang and colleagues, O. australis is in section Oudemansiella, which contains tropical to south temperate species, such as O. platensis, O. canarii and O. crassifolia. These species are characterised by having an ixotrichoderm cap cuticle, meaning it is made of gelatinized filamentous hyphae of different lengths arranged in roughly parallel fashion. These hyphae are often mixed with inflated cells that usually occur in chains.[3]
New Zealand mycologist Geoff Ridley has proposed the common name "porcelain slimecap" for the mushroom.[4]