Okabe’s Shed Fungus (Pluteus okabei)
This species was described in 1940; it is known only from a small area at Mt. Asahiyama on Chichijima Island in the Ogasawara Islands, Japan.
The species wasn’t found during recent field searches and is thought to be possibly extinct.
*********************
References:
[1] Takahito Kobayashi: Type studies of the new species of Pluteus described by Seiya Ito and Sanshi Imai from Japan. Mycoscience 43: 411-415. 2002
*********************
edited: 26.04.2022