Dermocybe austroveneta
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| Dermocybe austroveneta (Cleland) M.M.Moser & E.Horak |
The Green Dermocybe (Dermocybe austroveneta) is an inedible gilled fungus which naturally occurs in south eastern Australia particularly in Victoria and Tasmania and typically in eucalypt forests or woodlands. It may exist in some numbers in New South Wales, South Australia and other eastern Australian states but little research has been conducted. [1]
[edit] Description
Green Dermocybes are smooth with a convex or flat cap which can be up to 16cm across. They have yellowy brown gills underneath the cap.
The pigment has been isolated and described as Austrovenetin.[1]
[edit] Classification
Initially described as Cortinarius austrovenetus by Cleland in 1928, it along with many other members of the has been split off the huge genus Cortinarius to the newer genus Dermocybe, commonly called Skin-heads, derived from the meaning of their scientific names.
[edit] References
- ^ Gill M, Gimenez A (1991) Austrovenetin, the principal pigment of the toadstool Dermocybe austroveneta. Phytochemistry 30 951-955
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