Hygrophoropsis fuscosquamula

Hygrophoropsis fuscosquamula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Hygrophoropsidaceae
Genus:	Hygrophoropsis
Species:	H. fuscosquamula
Binomial name
	Hygrophoropsis fuscosquamula; P.D.Orton (1960)

Hygrophoropsis fuscosquamula is a species of fungus in the family Hygrophoropsidaceae. Found in Europe, it was described as new to science by English mycologist Peter Darbishire Orton in 1960. Fruit bodies of the fungus have whitish cream to pale yellowish caps with many small, olive-brown scales. Its spores measure 6.0–8.0 by 3.5–4.5 μm.[1]

References

Orton PD. (1960). "New check list of British Agarics and Boleti, part III (keys to Crepidotus, Deconica, Flocculina, Hygrophorus, Naucoria, Pluteus and Volvaria)". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 43 (2): 159–439 (see p. 245). doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(60)80065-4.

External links

Hygrophoropsis fuscosquamula in Index Fungorum

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[Orton_1960-1] Orton PD. (1960). "New check list of British Agarics and Boleti, part III (keys to Crepidotus, Deconica, Flocculina, Hygrophorus, Naucoria, Pluteus and Volvaria)". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 43 (2): 159–439 (see p. 245). doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(60)80065-4.