Dermocybe austroveneta

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Green Dermocybe
Green Dermocybe
Conservation status
Secure
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Subclass: Homobasidiomycetidae Order: Cortinariales Family: Cortinariaceae Genus: Dermocybe Species: D. austroveneta
Binomial name
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] Taxonomy

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] Description

Green Dermocybes are smooth with a convex or flat cap which can be up to 16 centimetres (6 in) across. They have yellowy brown gills underneath the cap.

The pigment has been isolated and described as Austrovenetin.^[1]

[edit] References

• http://www.anbg.gov.au/fungi/images-captions/dermocybe-austroveneta-0304.html