About Singerocybe clitocyboides (Cooke & Massee) Zhu L.Yang, J.Qin & Ratkowsky
The pileus of Singerocybe clitocyboides measures 25 to 50 mm (0.98 to 1.97 in) in diameter, and is convex depressed in shape. Its colour ranges from pale yellow to orange, and the pileus surface is glabrous and smooth, occasionally tinged with red. The stipe is 35–50 mm (1.4–2.0 in) long and 5–7.5 mm (0.2–0.3 in) wide, and is centrally attached. It is curved and subclavate in shape, and is pale whitish in colour. The stipe is solid, with no internal chambers. The lamellae are crowded and thin, arranged in a broad white collarium. The spores of Singerocybe clitocyboides are elliptic to ellipsoid in shape, and measure 5 by 2 µm. Singerocybe clitocyboides grows in forests, and has been recorded in the North Island of New Zealand, and the Australian territories of Victoria, New South Wales and Southern Australia. It grows on rotting wood including old fern logs, and on the ground of lowland podocarp broad-leaved forests.
