Cuphophyllus colemannianus

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toasted waxcap
Cuphophyllus colemannianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Cuphophyllus
Species:
C. colemannianus
Binomial name
Cuphophyllus colemannianus
(A. Bloxam) Bon (1985)
Synonyms

Cuphophyllus colemannianus is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. It has been given the recommended English name of toasted waxcap.[2] The species has a European distribution, occurring mainly in agriculturally unimproved grassland. Threats to its habitat have resulted in the species being assessed as globally "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1]

Taxonomy

The species was first described from Britain in 1854 by naturalist Andrew Bloxam as Hygrophorus colemannianus. It was transferred to the genus Cuphophyllus by the French mycologist Marcel Bon in 1985.

Recent

DNA sequences, has confirmed that Cuphophyllus colemannianus is a distinct species.[3]

Description

inamyloid, ellipsoid, c. 7.5 to 9 by 5 to 6μm.[4]

Distribution and habitat

The Toasted Waxcap is widespread but generally rare throughout Europe. It is also known from Greenland.[1] Like most other European waxcaps, Cuphophyllus colemannianus occurs in old, agriculturally unimproved, short-sward grassland (pastures and lawns), with a marked preference for calcareous sites.[4]

Recent research suggests waxcaps are neither

saprotrophic but may be associated with mosses.[5]

Conservation

Cuphophyllus colemannianus is typical of

red lists of threatened fungi in several European countries, including Croatia,[6] Czech Republic,[6] Denmark,[7] Finland,[6] Germany,[8] Norway,[6] and Sweden.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Mešić, A. "Cuphophyllus colemannianus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  2. ^ Holden L. (April 2022). "English names for fungi 2022". British Mycological Society. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  3. S2CID 220615978. Open access icon
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  5. S2CID 318326
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  6. ^ a b c d e "National red Lists". Archived from the original on 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  7. ^ "Den danske rødliste: Cuphophyllus colemannianus". Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  8. ^ "Red List: Cuphophyllus colemannianus". Rote Liste Zentrum. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
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