Stephanopus is a genus of fungi in the family Cortinariaceae.[2] The genus, circumscribed by mycologists Meinhard Moser and Egon Horak in 1975,[3] contains five species found in South America.

Stephanopus
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Stephanopus

Type species
Stephanopus azureus
M.M.Moser & E.Horak (1975)
Species

S. azureus
S. coerulea
S. stropharioides
S. trachyphyloeus
S. vilchensis[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Gariido N. Agaricales s.l. und ihre Mykorrhizen in den Nothofagus-Wäldern Mittelchiles. Bibliotheca Mycologica (in German). Vol. 120. p. 178.
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 664. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. ^ Moser M, Horak E (1975). "Cortinarius und nahe verwandte Gattungen in Südamerika". Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia (in German). 52: 520.
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