Hygronarius

<i>Hygronarius</i>

Hygronarius

Genus of fungi

Hygronarius is a genus of fungi in the family Cortinariaceae.[1]

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Taxonomy

The genus was created in 2022 when the family Cortinariaceae, which previously contained only the one genus of Cortinarius was reclassified based on genomic data and split into the genera of Cortinarius, Aureonarius, Austrocortinarius, Calonarius, Cystinarius, Hygronarius, Mystinarius, Phlegmacium, Thaxterogaster and Volvanarius.[2]

The genus is further divided with subgenus and section classifications:[2]

  • Hygronarius subgenus Hygronarius includes the section: Hygronarius.
  • Hygronarius subgenus Viscincisi includes the sections: Austroduracini and Viscincisi.

Etymology

The name Hygronarius derives from the word hygrophanous and Cortinarius. This is in reference to the hygrophanous caps of the species within this genera which display colour variations depending on moisture content.[2]

Species

As of January 2023, Species Fungorum accepted 5 species of Hygronarius.[3]

  1. Hygronarius austroduracinus (M.M. Moser) Liimat. & Niskanen (2022)
  2. Hygronarius parahumilis (Garnica) Liimat. & Niskanen (2022)
  3. Hygronarius renidens (Fr.) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
  4. Hygronarius viridibasalis (M.M. Moser) Liimat. & Niskanen (2022)
  5. Hygronarius viscincisus (Soop) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)

References

  1. [1]
    "Index Fungorum – Hygronarius Niskanen & Liimat". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  2. [2]
    Liimatainen, Kare; Kim, Jan T.; Pokorny, Lisa; Kirk, Paul M.; Dentinger, Bryn; Niskanen, Tuula (1 January 2022). "Taming the beast: a revised classification of Cortinariaceae based on genomic data". Fungal Diversity. 112 (1): 89–170. doi:10.1007/s13225-022-00499-9. hdl:2299/25409. ISSN 1878-9129. S2CID 256061957.
  3. [3]
    "Species Fungorum – Hygronarius". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 11 January 2023.


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