Cystolepiota potassiovirens
| Cystolepiota potassiovirens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Cystolepiota |
| Species: | C. potassiovirens
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| Binomial name | |
| Cystolepiota potassiovirens Singer (1989)
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Cystolepiota potassiovirens | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Hymenium is free |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is unknown |
Cystolepiota potassiovirens is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae.[1][2]
Taxonomy[edit]
It was described in 1989 by the German mycologist Rolf Singer who classified it as Cystolepiota potassiovirens.[3]
Description[edit]
Cystolepiota potassiovirens is a very small brownish mushroom with brown flesh.[3]
Cap: 1cm wide and convex with a small umbo. The surface is brown to dark brown with a pale orange umbo covered with furfuraceous (bran like) scales. Gills: Free, dark brown and close to crowded. They have a slight ventricose bulge in the middle. Stem: 1.7cm tall and 0.8-1mm thick and subequal. The surface is dark brown with a pruinose (powdery) coating. Spores: Ellipsoidal without a germ pore, hyaline, non-amyloid but greenish in KOH. 3.3-4 x 2.5-3μm. Basidia: 15-21 x 5 μm. Four spored. Smell: Indistinct.[3]
Etymology[edit]
The specific epithet potassiovirens derives from the Latin potassio meaning potassium and virens meaning green.[4] This is in reference to the green colouration the spores develop in Potassium Hydroxide (KOH).
Habitat and distribution[edit]
The specimens studied by Singer were found growing solitary or gregariously on the ground in the tropical forests of Brazil, 30km North of Manaus.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Species fungorum - Cystolepiota potassiovirens". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ "Mycobank Database - Cystolepiota potassiovirens".
- ^ a b c d Singer, Rolf (1989). "New taxa and new combinations of Agaricales : (Diagnoses fungorum novorum Agaricalium IV)". Fieldiana. 21. Chicago, Ill: Field Museum of Natural History: 99 – via www.biodiversitylibrary.org.
- ^ "Botanical Latin (L) & Greek (G)" (PDF).