Russula koniamboensis Buyck, 2024

Egon, Bart Buyck, Jerry, Egon Horak, Cooper, Jerry A. & Song, Yu, 2024, Russula (Basidiomycota, Russulales, Russulaceae) subsection Roseinae “ down under ”, Cryptogamie, Mycologie 20 (9), pp. 101-126 : 111

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycolo-gie2024v45a9
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C6517322-E943-8C70-C8E6-60FAFC4E8CDC
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Russula koniamboensis Buyck
status	sp. nov.

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Russula koniamboensis Buyck , sp. nov.

( Figs 4 View FIG ; 9 View FIG A-C; 10-14)

Differs from R. incrustata Buyck , sp. nov. in the pale yellowish pileus, white stipe, the somewhat larger spore size and its occurrence under Nothofagus Blume ; from R. purpureotincta again in the white yellowish pileus (which is pink, vinaceous and purple in R. purpureotincta ) and its occurrence in New Caledonia, not New Zealand.

TYPE MATERIAL. — New Caledonia • Northern Prov. , Massif du Koniambo, near Voh, in the nickel mine exploitation site called ‘ Niko’; 21°00’22’’S, 164°49’51’’E; 724 m alt.; on ultramafic soil un- der Nothofagus balansae ; 17.III.2009; leg. B. Buyck; 722/ BB09.022 ; holotype: PC0142407 GoogleMaps .

ETYMOLOGY. — Named after the type locality.

GENBANK. — OM397457, OM397457 (ITS), OM365994- OM365996 (tef 1).

INDEX FUNGORUM. — FI 90189

ADDITIONAL EXAMINED MATERIAL. — New Caledonia • Northern Prov. , Massif du Koniambo, near Voh, in the “île nickel” mine exploitation site; 21°00’42”S, 164°49’50”E; 734 m alt.; on ultramafic soil under Nothofagus balansae ; 19.III.2009; leg. B. Buyck; 730/ BB09.117 ; PC0714855 GoogleMaps • Massif du Koniambo, near the Trazy entry of the nickel mine exploitation site; on ultramafic soil under Nothofagus codonandra ; 9.IV.2009; leg. B. Buyck; 742/ BB09.346 ; PC0714856 .