Porpolomopsis calyptriformis

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Porpolomopsis calyptriformis
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Porpolomopsis
Species:
P. calyptriformis
Binomial name
Porpolomopsis calyptriformis
(Berk.) Bresinsky (2008)
Synonyms[2]

Agaricus calyptriformis Berk. (1838)
Hygrophorus calyptriformis (Berk.) Berk. (1860)
Hygrocybe calyptriformis (Berk.) Fayod (1889)
Godfrinia calyptriformis (Berk.) Herink (1958)
Porpoloma calyptriformis (Berk.) Bresinsky (2003)

Porpolomopsis calyptriformis, commonly known as the pink wax cap, ballerina waxcap or salmon waxy cap,[3] is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. 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] A similar but as yet unnamed species occurs in North America.[4]

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1838 by the Rev.

mycologist Victor Fayod moved it to the genus Hygrocybe. The specific epithet comes from Greek καλὐπτρα (= a woman's veil) + Latin forma (= shape), hence "veil-shaped".[5]

In 2008, Bresinsky proposed the genus

sensu stricto and confirmed its removal to the genus Porpolomopsis.[6][7]

Description

inamyloid, ellipsoid, c. 6.5 to 8.0 by 4.5 to 5.5μm.[8]

The species can normally be distinguished in the field, thanks to its shape and colour. No other European waxcap is pink with a pointed cap.[8]

Distribution and habitat

The Pink Waxcap is widespread but generally rare throughout Europe, with its "stronghold" in the United Kingdom[1] where it is not uncommon. Like other waxcaps, it occurs in old, agriculturally unimproved, short-sward grassland (pastures and lawns). The species has been reported from North America, but specimens that have been DNA-sequenced are not the same as the European P. calyptriformis.[4]

Recent research suggests waxcaps are neither

saprotrophic but may be associated with mosses.[9]

Conservation

Porpolomopsis calyptriformis is typical of

red lists of threatened fungi in several European countries, including Austria,[11] Bulgaria,[12] the Czech Republic,[13] Denmark,[14] France,[15] Germany (Bavaria),[16] Hungary,[15] Italy,[15] Poland,[17] Slovakia,[18] Spain,[15] and Switzerland.[19]

Porpolomopsis calyptriformis
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is conical
Hymenium is adnate or free
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white
Edibility is edible

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Pink Waxcap Porpolomopsis calyptriformis: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  2. ^ "Porpolomopsis calyptriformis". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
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  4. ^ a b "Taxonomy in Detail: Pink Waxcap Porpolomopsis calyptriformis: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  5. ^ Rea C. (1922). British Basidiomycetaceae: A Handbook of the Larger British Fungi. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 799.
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  11. ^ "Austrian fungi database". Austrian Mycological Siociety. Archived from the original on 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
  12. ^ Gyosheva MM, Denchev CM, Dimitrova EG, Assyov B, Petrova RD, Stoichev DT (2006). "Red List of fungi in Bulgaria" (PDF). Mycologia Balcanica. 3: 81–87.
  13. ^ "Red list of fungi (macromycetes) of the Czech Republic". Czech Scientific Society for Mycology. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
  14. ^ "Den danske rødliste". Aarhus Universitet. Archived from the original on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
  15. ^ a b c d "Species dossier: Hygrocybe calyptriformis" (PDF). Plantlife. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
  16. ^ "Rote Liste gefährdeter Großpilze Bayerns" (PDF). Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
  17. ^ "Czerwona Lista grzybów Polski". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
  18. ^ "Red list of Slovak fungi" (PDF). Slovak Mycological Society. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
  19. ^ "Provisorische Rote Liste". Pilze Schweiz. Retrieved 2011-10-12.