Biology:Phlegmacium brunneiaurantium

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Short description: Species of fungus

Phlegmacium brunneiaurantium
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Cortinariaceae
Genus: Phlegmacium
Species:
P. brunneiaurantius
Binomial name
Phlegmacium brunneiaurantius
(Kytöv., Liimat. & Niskanen) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
Synonyms
  • Cortinarius brunneiaurantius Kytöv., Liimat. & Niskanen (2014)

Phlegmacium brunneiaurantius is a species of fungus in the family Cortinariaceae.[1]

Taxonomy

It was originally described in 2014 by the mycologists Ilkka Kytövuori, Kare Liimatainen and Tuula Niskanen who classified it as Cortinarius brunneiaurantium. It was placed in the (subgenus Phlegmacium) of the large mushroom genus Cortinarius.[2]

In 2022 the species was transferred from Cortinarius and reclassified as Phlegmacium brunneiaurantium based on genomic data.[3]

Habitat and distribution

Found only in south Finland, where it grows in deciduous forests, it was described as new to science in 2014. Close relatives include C. sobrius, C. balteatus, C. brunneoviolaceus, C. pseudonaeovosus and C. clarobaltoides var. longispermus.[2]

See also

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q20036745 entry