Hiatulopsis aureoflava
| Hiatulopsis aureoflava | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Hiatulopsis |
| Species: | H. aureoflava
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| Binomial name | |
| Hiatulopsis aureoflava Singer (1989)
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Hiatulopsis aureoflava | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is ovate or campanulate |
 | Hymenium is free |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is unknown |
Hiatulopsis aureoflava 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 Hiatulopsis aureoflava.[3]
Description[edit]
Hiatulopsis aureoflava is a very small golden yellow mushroom with white flesh.[3]
Cap: 7-11mm wide and ovate to campanulate. The surface is golden with a fine, dense coating of flocculose (woolly) scales and the margins are yellow. Some scales may be removed by rain. Gills: Free to sub-free, crowded and whitish. They are narrow and ascending. Stem: 3.6cm tall and 1.8mm thick tapering to a 4mm wide base where white mycelium may be present but sclerotia are not observed. The surface is yellowish with woolly to powdery scales (flocculose-pulverulent) with a golden base with a tomentose coating. There is no ring or volva. Spores: Ellipsoidal without a germ pore, hyaline, non-amyloid. 7-10 x 5.5-6.5 μm. Basidia: 22-34 x 11-13 μm. Four spored. Smell: Indistinct.[3]
Etymology[edit]
The specific epithet aureoflava derives from the Latin aureo meaning golden and flava meaning yellow.[4]
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 - Hiatulopsis aureoflava". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ "Mycobank Database - Hiatulopsis aureoflava".
- ^ 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.
- ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). Latin for Gardeners (PDF). University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-00919-3.