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

• List of Cortinarius species

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.