Psathyrella splendens
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Description
This fungus has convex cap that becoming plane with dark chocolate brown to chestnut brown closely appressed scales and incurved margin. It has white and thick flesh while its gills are crowded, white then clay buff and finally purplish brown. The stipe is cream to pale buff with ring-like zones of chestnut coloured fragments of the veil and a white mycelial pad at the base. The flesh of the cap and stipe turn reddish and the brownish when damaged. This fungus usually grows gregariously and in large groups on the soil and is common at FRIM as well as in other lowland rainforests in the country.
Location
- Johore 1
- Pahang 1
- Sabah 1
Biodiversity Experts
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Jaya Seelan Sathiya Seelan (Dr.)
Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)
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Fungi,
Digital Sequence Information (DSI), Living Modified Organism (LMO), Synthetic Biology, Protected Areas, Climate Change & Invasive Alien Species
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Lee Su See (Dr.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
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Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecosystems, Education, Environment & Forest
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Mohammad Hafiz Syukri Bin Kassim (Mr.)
Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)
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Agriculture, Biodiversity, Conservation, Education, Forest & Genetics
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Patahayah Mansor (Mrs.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
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Biodiversity & Forest
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Sepiah Muid (Prof. Dr.)
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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Thi Bee Kin (Mrs.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
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Fungi,
Biodiversity, Conservation, Forest, Genetics, Molecular, Science, Systematics & Taxonomy
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References
- Chua, L.S.L., Lee, S.S., Alias, S.A., Jones, E.G.B., Zainuddin, N. & Chan, H.T. (2012). Checklist of Fungi of Malaysia, Issue/No. 132. Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Malaysia. pp. 556. — [ Adobe PDF (PDF) ]
- Lee, S.S. (2017). A Field Guide to the Larger Fungi of FRIM. Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Malaysia. pp. 174.
Acknowledgements :- Mr. Ahmad Amir Firdaus Bin Mad Apandi, Ms. Aida Salihah Binti Abu Bakar, Ms. Ainul Aqilah Binti Mohd Nasir & Mr. Badrul Amin Bin Jaffar
Photo credit :- FRIM
Species Citation :- Psathyrella splendens. Malaysia Biodiversity Information System (MyBIS). Accessed via https://www.mybis.gov.my/sp/50864. [Retrieved 15 May 2024].
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