Lichenomphalia cinereispinula
Lichenomphalia cinereispinula is a species of basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae. Found in Europe, it was described as a new species in 2009 by Pierre Neville and Francis Fouchier. The type specimen was collected at a place called "La Rivière", in the commune of Collobrières; here it was found growing on the ground at an altitude of 135 m (443 ft).[1]
| Lichenomphalia cinereispinula | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hygrophoraceae |
| Genus: | Lichenomphalia |
| Species: | L. cinereispinula |
| Binomial name | |
| Lichenomphalia cinereispinula Neville & Fouchier (2009) | |
The lichen makes a slender mushroom-like fruiting body with a stipe length about three to five times the diameter of the cap. The convex to sub-hemispherical gray cap measures 0.2–0.6 cm (0.08–0.24 in) and has slight radial "ribs". There are 10 gills and 7 short gills (lamellulae) on the cap underside that are distantly spaced and dull whitish in colour. The thin cylindrical stipe is pruinose with a somewhat bulbous base. There are greenish glomerules at the stipe base, indicating a lichen thallus of the Botrydina type. Basidiospores are smooth, inamyloid, hyaline, and ellipsoid in shape, and have dimensions of 5.3–7.7 by 3.0–4.4 μm.[1]
Lichenomphalia cinereispinula fruits in autumn in Mediterranean climate in the south of France.[1]
References
- Neville, P.; Fouchier, F. (2009). "Une nouvelle espèce méditerranéenne de Lichenomphalia: L. cinereispinula Neville & Fouchier nov. sp". Bulletin Semestriel de la Fédération des Associations Mycologiques Méditerranéennes (in French). 36: 15–25.