Thaxterogaster persicanus
(Soop) Niskanen & Liimat. 2022
A pale peach‑yellow Phlegmacium with a viscid, non‑hygrophanous cap washed with rosy tones, finely frosted white when young, the margin strongly inrolled with a white edge.
Pileus: 30-60 mm, viscid, non‑hygrophanous, rounded then convex, sometimes slightly expanded in age. Colour pale peach‑yellow washed with rosy tones, more or less glabrous; finely white‑frosted when young. Margin strongly inrolled at first, with a white edge.
Lamellae: white to grey‑white when young, crowded (L = 98, l = 1-2), adnate to narrowly emarginate; edge concolorous.
Stipe: 40-70 x 9-14 mm, attenuating downward, deeply rooting; white, with thin white veil fringes adhering to the surface.
Veil: White, sparse; cortina white, fairly fugacious.
Context: White, compact.
Odour/taste: Weak, slightly metallic or unpleasant.
Common name: None
Habitat: Nothofagus mixed Myrtaceae forests
Substrate: On soil
Distribution:
New Zealand
Season: Autumn to early winter
Biostatus: Indigenous, non-endemic
Edible: No
Spore print:
brown