Neohygrocybe ovina

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Blushing waxcap
Neohygrocybe ovina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Neohygrocybe
Species:
N. ovina
Binomial name
Neohygrocybe ovina
(Bull.) Herink (1958)
Synonyms
  • Agaricus ovinus Bull. (1793)
  • Camarophyllus ovinus (Bull.) P. Kumm. (1871)
  • Hygrophorus ovinus (Bull.) Fr. (1838)
  • Hygrocybe ovina (Bull.) Kühner (1926)

Neohygrocybe ovina is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. It has been given the recommended English name of blushing waxcap,[2] since the lamellae (gills) and flesh turn pinkish red when bruised. 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 France in 1793 by mycologist Jean Baptiste Bulliard as Agaricus ovinus. French mycologist Robert Kühner transferred it to the genus Hygrocybe in 1926.

Recent

sensu stricto. Instead, it has been moved into the related but separate genus Neohygrocybe, as already proposed on morphological grounds by Czech mycologist Josef Herink in 1958.[3]

Description

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

Distribution and habitat

The Blushing Waxcap is widespread but generally rare throughout Europe. A similar species, Neohygrocybe subovina, occurs in North America.[3] Like most other European waxcaps, Neohygrocybe ovina occurs in old, agriculturally unimproved, short-sward grassland (pastures and lawns).

Recent research suggests waxcaps are neither

saprotrophic but may be associated with mosses.[5]

Conservation

Neohygrocybe ovina is typical of

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Mešić, A. "Hygrocybe ovina. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  2. ^ Holden L. (July 2014). "English names for fungi 2014". British Mycological Society. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
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  6. ^ a b c d e f "National red Lists". Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  7. ^ "Den danske rødliste: Neohygrocybe ovina". Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  8. ^ "Red List: Neohygrocybe ovina". Rote Liste Zentrum. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
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