Calonarius xanthodryophilus explained

Calonarius xanthodryophilus is a species of fungus in the family Cortinariaceae.[1]

Taxonomy

The species was described in 2011 by the mycologists Dimitar Bojantchev and R. Michael Davis who classified it as Cortinarius xanthodryophilus.[2]

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

Description

The mushroom cap is wide, convex then flat or uplifted, and yellow then yellow-brown.[4] The gills are notched, crowded, yellow then brown as the spores mature. The stalk is 5–10 cm tall and 1.5–3 cm wide, club-shaped, and sometimes tinted blue.

It should not be consumed due to its similarity to deadly poisonous species.

Habitat and distribution

It is native to North America.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Species Fungorum - Calonarius xanthodryophilus (Bojantchev & R.M. Davis) Niskanen & Liimat. . 2023-01-14 . www.speciesfungorum.org.
  2. Bojantchev . Dimitar . Davis . R. Michael . 2011-09-09 . Cortinarius xanthodryophilus sp. nov. – a common Phlegmacium under oaks in California . Mycotaxon . 116 . 1 . 317–328 . 10.5248/116.317. free .
  3. Liimatainen . Kare . Kim . Jan T. . Pokorny . Lisa . Kirk . Paul M. . Dentinger . Bryn . Niskanen . Tuula . 2022-01-01 . Taming the beast: a revised classification of Cortinariaceae based on genomic data . Fungal Diversity . en . 112 . 1 . 89–170 . 10.1007/s13225-022-00499-9 . 1878-9129. 2299/25409 . free .
  4. Book: Davis, R. Michael . Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America . Sommer . Robert . Menge . John A. . . 2012 . 978-0-520-95360-4 . Berkeley . 270 . 797915861.