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Hiatulopsis aureoflava

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Hiatulopsis aureoflava
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Hiatulopsis
Species:
H. aureoflava
Binomial name
Hiatulopsis aureoflava
Singer (1989)
Hiatulopsis aureoflava
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is ovate or campanulate
Hymenium is free
Stipe is bare
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is unknown

Hiatulopsis aureoflava is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae.[1][2]

Taxonomy

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It was described in 1989 by the German mycologist Rolf Singer who classified it as Hiatulopsis aureoflava.[3]

Description

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Hiatulopsis aureoflava is a very small golden yellow mushroom with white flesh.[3]

Cap: 7-11mm wide and ovate to campanulate. The surface is golden with a fine, dense coating of flocculose (woolly) scales and the margins are yellow. Some scales may be removed by rain. Gills: Free to sub-free, crowded and whitish. They are narrow and ascending. Stem: 3.6cm tall and 1.8mm thick tapering to a 4mm wide base where white mycelium may be present but sclerotia are not observed. The surface is yellowish with woolly to powdery scales (flocculose-pulverulent) with a golden base with a tomentose coating. There is no ring or volva. Spores: Ellipsoidal without a germ pore, hyaline, non-amyloid. 7-10 x 5.5-6.5 μm. Basidia: 22-34 x 11-13 μm. Four spored. Smell: Indistinct.[3]

Etymology

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The specific epithet aureoflava derives from the Latin aureo meaning golden and flava meaning yellow.[4]

Habitat and distribution

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The specimens studied by Singer were found growing solitary or gregariously on the ground in the tropical forests of Brazil, 30km North of Manaus.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Species fungorum - Hiatulopsis aureoflava". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  2. ^ "Mycobank Database - Hiatulopsis aureoflava".
  3. ^ a b c d Singer, Rolf (1989). "New taxa and new combinations of Agaricales : (Diagnoses fungorum novorum Agaricalium IV)". Fieldiana. 21. Chicago, Ill: Field Museum of Natural History: 99 – via www.biodiversitylibrary.org.
  4. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). Latin for Gardeners (PDF). University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-00919-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-11-21. Retrieved 2023-03-11.