species fungus family described new science found tasmania fruits ground wet forests late spring early winter usually january march fruit bodies mushrooms reddish purple caps measuring diameter supported whitish measuring long thick cap underside crowded gills initially white turning pink spores mature taxonomy species formally described australian mycologist dutch mycologist collections tasmania australia specific epithet derived latin prefix meaning southern latin word meaning coloured type collection january near southern tasmania species discovered result intensive field research conducted gates began realizing species collaborators published series papers documenting new fungi genus fungus classified subgenus section overall habit hyphae abundant pigment gates place grouping related species genus characterized mushrooms pink blue cap contrasts whitish polished stipe description cap measures diameter convex having central rounded elevation resembling bluish purple young reddish purple eventually fading grey colour cap surface texture initially loose fibers short fine hairs form surface breaks small arranged small scales matures cap margin curves downward gills closely crowded broad attachment stipe white initially tinged pink developing spores thin cylindrical stipe measures long wide slightly thicker base dry hollow white nearly white flesh purple cap white stipe smell taste indistinct described like edibility unknown spore print pink spores measure different different directions possessing pronounced angles basidia spore bearing cells spored lack measure located gill edge thin walled cheilocystidia measure shapes ranging irregular cylinders narrow clubs cap cuticle arranged form bent hyphae run parallel cap surface hyphae emerge roughly parallel perpendicular cap surface comprising cylindrical inflated hyphae wide cap tissue narrow cylindrical hyphae diameter contain purple brown pigment stipe cuticle loosely arranged cylindrical hyphae measuring clamp connections absent hyphae similar species resembles european species cap species fades colour white stipe gill edges differentiated cheilocystidia habitat distribution commonly occurring mushroom wet forests tasmania fruiting occurs late spring early winter fruit bodies recorded months january march study distribution mushroom species area found occur mature uncut forests
Entoloma austroprunicolor