Xanthagaricus

Xanthagaricus
Xanthagaricus flavosquamosus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Agaricaceae
Genus:	Xanthagaricus (Heinem.) Little Flower, Hosag. & T.K.Abraham (1997)
Species
23, see text
Synonyms [1]
Hymenagaricus subgen. XanthagaricusHeinem. (1984)

Xanthagaricus is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. ^[2] The genus contains 23 species found in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, ^[3] Thailand, China ^[3] and Africa. Originally described in 1984 by Belgian mycologist Paul Heinemann as Hymenagaricus subgen. Xanthagaricus, ^[4] it was promoted to generic status in 1997. ^[5]

Species

• Xanthagaricus brunneolus
• Xanthagaricus caeruleus ^[6]
• Xanthagaricus calicutensis
• Xanthagaricus chrysosporus
• Xanthagaricus epipastus
• Xanthagaricus erinaceus
• Xanthagaricus flavidorufus
• Xanthagaricus flavosquamosus ^[3]
• Xanthagaricus globisporus
• Xanthagaricus gracilis
• Xanthagaricus luteolosporus
• Xanthagaricus myriostictus
• Xanthagaricus nanus
• Xanthagaricus necopinatus ^[3]
• Xanthagaricus ochraceoluteus
• Xanthagaricus pakistanicus
• Xanthagaricus rubescens
• Xanthagaricus rufomarginatus
• Xanthagaricus subaeruginosus
• Xanthagaricus subepipastus
• Xanthagaricus taiwanensis
• Xanthagaricus thailandensis
• Xanthagaricus viridulus

References

1. "Xanthagaricus". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 735. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
3. Hosen MI, Song ZP, Samantha KC, Gates G, Chowdhury MS, Li TH (2017). "Two new species of Xanthagaricus and some notes on Heinemannomyces from Asia". MycoKeys. 28 (28): 1–28. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.28.21029 . PMC   5804139 . PMID   29559820.
4. Heinemann P, Little Flower SR (1984). "Hymenagaricus (Agaricaceae) de Kerala (Inde) et de Sri Lanka". Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique (in French). 54 (1–2): 151–82. doi:10.2307/3667871. JSTOR   3667871.
5. Little Flower SR, Hosagoudar VB, Abraham TK (1997). "Xanthagaricus, a new generic name in the family Agaricaceae". New Botanist. 24: 93–100.
6. Hosen MI, Song ZP, Gates G, Li TH (2018). "Xanthagaricus caeruleus, a new species with ink-blue lamellae from southeast China". Mycoscience. 59 (2): 188–192. doi: 10.1016/j.myc.2017.10.003 .