Hygrophoropsis macrospora

Hygrophoropsis macrospora is a species of fungus in the family Hygrophoropsidaceae. It is found in Europe and North America.

Hygrophoropsis macrospora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Hygrophoropsidaceae
Genus: Hygrophoropsis
Species:
H. macrospora
Binomial name
Hygrophoropsis macrospora
(D.A.Reid) Kuyper (1996)
Synonyms
  • Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca var. macrospora D.A.Reid (1972)
Hygrophoropsis macrospora
View the Mycomorphbox template that generates the following list
Gills on hymenium
Hymenium is decurrent

Taxonomy

edit

Formally described by Derek Reid in 1972 as a variety of Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca,[1] it was raised to distinct species status by Thomas Kuyper in 1996. Hygrophoropsis pallida (Peck) Kreisel is a synonym that was never formally published. It is based on Charles Horton Peck's taxon Cantharellus aurantiatus var. pallidus, which he published in 1896.[2]

Description

edit

Fruit bodies of Hygrophoropsis macrospora have a cream- to tan-coloured cap with a felt-like surface texture. The gills are forked and yellowish, with a decurrent attachment to the stipe.[3]

Hygrophoropsis macrospora differs from H. aurantiaca mainly by its larger spore size, measuring 8.0–11.0 (sometimes up to 13.0) by 3.0–4.5 (5.0) μm. In comparison, the spores of H. aurantiaca have a shorter length, usually 5–8 μm, and a similar width.[4]

References

edit
  1. ^ Reid DA. (1972). "Fungorum rariorum Icones coloratae". 6. Cramer: 6. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ Boekhout T, Kuyper TW. (1996). "Notulae ad Floram agaricinam neerlandicam XXIV-XXVIII. Some taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in the Tricholomataceae, tribus Clitocybeae". Persoonia. 16 (2): 225–232 (see p. 231).
  3. ^ Kibby G. (2012). "The Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca complex". Field Mycology. 13 (2): 43–50. doi:10.1016/j.fldmyc.2012.03.004.
  4. ^ Holec J, Kolařík M. (2013). "Notes on the identity of Hygrophoropsis rufa (Basidiomycota, Boletales)" (PDF). Czech Mycology. 65 (1): 15–24. doi:10.33585/cmy.65102.
edit