Cuphophyllus canescens
Cuphophyllus canescens | |
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Cuphophyllus canescens, Pennsylvania | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Hygrophoraceae |
Genus: | Cuphophyllus |
Species: | C. canescens
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Binomial name | |
Cuphophyllus canescens | |
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Cuphophyllus canescens is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae, known from North America. In its wide sense (including the recently separated C. atlanticus) it has been assessed as globally "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1]
Taxonomy
The species was first described from
DNA sequences, Cuphophyllus canescens has, however, been found to be restricted to North America.[4]
Similar species
Cuphophyllus atlanticus is very similar, but is said to have a pure gray to bluish gray cap and (microscopically) larger, subglobose spores.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b Jordal J. "Cuphophyllus canescens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". Retrieved 2022-06-02.
- ^ "Cuphophyllus canescens". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
- ISBN 978-87-983581-7-6.
- ^ a b Jordal JB, Larsson E (2021). "Cuphophyllus atlanticus (Hygrophoraceae, Agaricales) — a new sister species to the North American C. canescens". Agarica. 42: 39–48.