Hygrophoropsis psammophila

Hygrophoropsis psammophila is a species of fungus in the family Hygrophoropsidaceae. Originally described by John Burton Cleland in 1933 as Paxillus psammophilus,[1] it was transferred to the genus Hygrophoropsis by Cheryl Grgurinovic in 1997. It is found in Australia, where it grows in groups in sand.[2]

Hygrophoropsis psammophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Boletales
Family:
Hygrophoropsidaceae
Genus:
Hygrophoropsis
Species:
H. psammophila
Binomial name
Hygrophoropsis psammophila
(Cleland) Grgur. (1997)
Synonyms
  • Paxillus psammophilus Cleland (1933)

References
  1. Cleland JB. (1933). "Australian fungi: notes and descriptions. - No. 9". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia. 57: 187–194.
  2. Grgurinovic CA. (1997). Larger Fungi of South Australia. Adelaide: State Herbarium of South Australia. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-7308-0737-7.


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