Hygrocybe procera

Hygrocybe procera
On ridge below Tamahine o Kawera, Karioi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Hygrophoraceae
Genus:	Hygrocybe
Species:	H. procera
Binomial name
Hygrocybe procera (G.Stev.) E.Horak (1971)
Synonyms [1]
Hygrophorus procerusG.Stev. (1963) Hygrocybe procera(G.Stev.) E.Horak (1973) Pseudohygrocybe procera(G.Stev.) Kovalenko (1988) [2]

Hygrocybe procera is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. First described as Hygrophorus procerus by Greta Stevenson in 1963, ^[3] the species was transferred to Hygrocybe in 1971 by Egon Horak. ^[4] It is only known with certainty from New Zealand.

Description

The fruit bodies of this fungus are red, orange or yellow with a cap up to 5 cm in diameter, and a 15–70 x 3–6 mm cylindrical stipe (stem) of uniform diameter, or tapering towards its base. It is seen between February and June in forests. ^[5]

Younger specimens also on Mount Karioi.

See also

• List of Hygrocybe species

References

1. "Hygrocybe procera (G. Stev.) E. Horak :446, 1971". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
2. Kovalenko AE. (1988). "New combinations within the Hygrophoraceae Lotsy". Mikologiya i Fitopatologiya. 22 (3): 207–9.
3. Stevenson G. (1963). "The Agaricales of New Zealand. IV. Hygrophoraceae". Kew Bulletin. 16 (3): 373–84. doi:10.2307/4114672. JSTOR   4114672.
4. Horak E. (1971). "A contribution towards the revision of the Agaricales (Fungi) from New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 9 (3): 403–62 (see p. 446). Bibcode:1971NZJB....9..402H. doi: 10.1080/0028825x.1971.10430193 .
5. "VIRTUAL MYCOTA: NZ Fungi Identification: Hygrocybe procera". Landcare Research. Retrieved 2012-12-18.

External links

• Hygrocybe procera in Index Fungorum