| Gloeocystidiopsis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Peniophoraceae |
| Genus: | Gloeocystidiopsis Jülich (1982) |
Gloeocystidiopsis is a genus of fungi in the Peniophoraceae family. Based on 2025 data, [1] it includes two species:
- Gloeocystidiopsis cryptacantha (Pat.) E. Larss. & K.H. Larss.
- Gloeocystidiopsis salmonea (Burt) Boidin, Lanq. & Gilles
The name is coined from the words gloeocystidium ( Ancient Greek γλοιός (gloiós) - having the character of glue, sticky + cystidium < cyst < Late Latin cystis< Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “anatomical sac”) + -idium(from Ancient Greek -ίδιον (-ídion, “diminutive”) and -opsis from Ancient Greek ὄψις (ópsis, “aspect, appearance”). Therefore, the word means "having the appearance of a gloeocystidium, i.e. a small gooey cyst".
