Hygrophoropsis purpurascens
| Hygrophoropsis purpurascens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Hygrophoropsidaceae |
| Genus: | Hygrophoropsis |
| Species: | H. purpurascens |
| Binomial name | |
| Hygrophoropsis purpurascens (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Dennis (1952) | |
| Synonyms | |
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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]
References
- ↑ Berkeley MJ, Curtis MA. (1869). "Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society". 10: 280–392 (see p. 296).
- ↑ Dennis RWG. (1952). "Lepiota and allied genera in Trinidad, British West Indies". Kew Bulletin. 7 (4): 459–500 (see pp. 491–492). doi:10.2307/4117800.
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