Hygrophoropsis purpurascens
Hygrophoropsis purpurascens is a species of fungus in the family Hygrophoropsidaceae. Originally described by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1869 as Marasmius purpurascens,[1] it was transferred to the genus Hygrophoropsis by Richard Dennis in 1952. It has been collected from Trinidad, Venezuela, Jamaica, and Cuba, where it grows on rotting logs in forests.[2]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Boletales |
Family: | Hygrophoropsidaceae |
Genus: | Hygrophoropsis |
Species: | H. purpurascens |
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References
- Berkeley MJ, Curtis MA. (1869). "Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society". 10: 280โ392 (see p. 296).
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(help) - Dennis RWG. (1952). "Lepiota and allied genera in Trinidad, British West Indies". Kew Bulletin. 7 (4): 459โ500 (see pp. 491โ492). doi:10.2307/4117800. JSTOR 4117800.
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