| Gloeocantharellus | |
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| Gloeocantharellus purpurascens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Gomphales |
| Family: | Gomphaceae |
| Genus: | Gloeocantharellus Singer (1945) |
| Type species | |
| Gloeocantharellus purpurascens (Hesler) Singer (1945) | |
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Gloeocantharellus is a genus of fungi in the family Gomphaceae. It contains 12 species that are found in mainly tropical and subtropical regions.
Taxonomy
The genus was circumscribed by American mycologist Rolf Singer in 1945.
Species
- G. corneri - m Sri Lanka, Brazil and French Guiana
- G. dingleyae
- G. echinosporus - Malaysia, Indonesia, Solomon Islands and Melanesia
- G. lateritius - Sri Lanka
- G. mamorensis
- G. novae-zelandiae
- G. okapaensis - New Guinea and Solomon Islands
- G. pallidus
- G. persicinus
- G. purpurascens - SE United States, French Guiana
- G. salmonicolor - Panama
- G. uitotanus - Colombia
Distribution and habitat
This species is mostly found in tropical and subtropical areas.
References
- Giachini AJ, Castellano MA. (2011). "A new taxonomic classification for species in Gomphus sensu lato". Mycotaxon. 115: 183–201. doi:10.5248/115.183.
- Reschke, K., Lotz-Winter, H., Fischer, C.W., Hofmann, T.A., Piepenbring, M., 2021. New and interesting species of Agaricomycetes from Panama. Phytotaxa 529, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.529.1.1
- Singer R. (1945). "New genera of fungi". Lloydia. 8: 139–44.
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