Hygrophorus marzuolus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hygrophoraceae |
| Genus: | Hygrophorus |
| Species: | H. marzuolus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hygrophorus marzuolus | |
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Hygrophorus marzuolus, commonly known as the March mushroom, is a
mixed forests
at high elevations.
Taxonomy
The species was originally described by Elias Magnus Fries in 1821 as Agaricus marzuolus, and transferred to Hygrophorus in 1893 by Giacomo Bresadola.[2] It is commonly known as the "March mushroom".[3]
Description
The fruit bodies have
cap cuticle, the flesh of the cap is water-soaked; elsewhere in the cap, it is gray-tinted with a sheen, while in the stipe it is dull white. It lacks any appreciable odor or taste.[4] It is considered edible in Europe, where it is prized in some regions.[5]
The thin-walled, elliptical
basidia (spore-bearing cells) are narrowly club-shaped, four-spored, and measure 42–55 by 5.4–8.1 µm.[4]
Habitat and distribution
Hygrophorus marzuolus is a
snowbank mushroom, it is associated with melting snow, and fruiting is initiated under snowbanks. The fungus has been recorded from the mountains of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, northern Arizona, and northern California.[4] The European distribution extends from the French Pyrenees to the region of Prague.[6] In Asia, it has been reported from Pakistan.[7]
See also
References
- ^ Bresadola G. (1893). "Di due specie interessanti di funghi della fIora micologica italiana". Atti della Reale Accademia degli Agiati di Rovereto (in Italian). 11: 3.
- ^ a b "Hygrophorus marzuolus (Fr.) Bres. 1893". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
- ISBN 0-395-91090-0.
- ^ ISBN 0-8156-2666-5.
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- ^ a b Kraft MM. (1958). "Sur la repartition d'Hygrophorus marzuolus (Fr.) Bres" [On the distribution of Hygrophorus marzuolus (Fr.) Bres.]. Bericht der Schweizerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft (in French). 68: 254–88.
- ISSN 0556-3321.