Gloioxanthomyces

Gloioxanthomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Hygrophoraceae. It was circumscribed in 2013 to contain G. nitidus, and the type species, G. vitellinus. Within the Hygrophoracae, it is in the tribe Chromosereae and closely related to the genus Chromosera. The generic name derives from the Greek gloio ("glutinous"), xantho ("yellow"), and myces (fungus).[1]

Gloioxanthomyces
Gloioxanthomyces nitidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Hygrophoraceae
Genus:
Gloioxanthomyces

Lodge, Vizzini, Ercole & Boertm. (2013)
Type species
Gloioxanthomyces vitellinus
(Fr.) Lodge, Vizzini, Ercole & Boertm.(2013)
Species

G. nitidus
G. vitellinus

See also

References
  1. Lodge DJ; et al. (2014). "Molecular phylogeny, morphology, pigment chemistry and ecology in Hygrophoraceae (Agaricales)". Fungal Diversity. 64 (1): 1–99. doi:10.1007/s13225-013-0259-0.


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