Neohygrocybe nitrata
| Nitrous waxcap | |
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| Neohygrocybe nitrata, Czech Republic | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hygrophoraceae |
| Genus: | Neohygrocybe |
| Species: | N. nitrata
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| Binomial name | |
| Neohygrocybe nitrata (Pers.) Kovalenko(1989)
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| Synonyms | |
Neohygrocybe nitrata is a
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1]
Taxonomy
The species was first
mycologist Christiaan Hendrik Persoon as Agaricus nitratus. Czech mycologist Josef Herink transferred it to the genus Neohygrocybe in 1958, but this combination was not validly published
. It was later validly combined by Alexander Kovalenko in 1989.
Recent
Description
inamyloid, ellipsoid, measuring about 8 to 9 by 4.5 to 5.5 μm. Basidiocarps have a distinctly nitrous smell.[5]
Similar species
Neohygrocybe pseudoingrata, recently described from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, has a similar nitrous smell, but basidiocarps are typically larger and paler with white stipes.[4] The more widespread European Neohygrocybe ingrata has a context that stains reddish.[5][4]
Distribution and habitat
The Nitrous Waxcap is widespread but generally rare throughout Europe.[1] Like other waxcaps, it occurs in old, agriculturally unimproved, short-sward grassland (pastures and lawns).
Recent research suggests waxcaps are neither
saprotrophic but may be associated with mosses.[6]
Conservation
Neohygrocybe nitrata is typical of
red lists of threatened fungi in several European countries, including Croatia,[7] Czech Republic,[7] Denmark,[8] Germany,[9] and Norway.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Jordal, J. "Neohygrocybe nitrata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ Holden L. (July 2014). "English names for fungi 2014". British Mycological Society. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- S2CID 220615978.
- ^ PMID 35978984.
- ^ ISBN 978-87-983581-7-6.
- S2CID 318326.
- ^ a b c "National red Lists". Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ "Den danske rødliste: Neohygrocybe nitrata". Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ "Red List: Neohygrocybe nitrata". Rote Liste Zentrum. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
