Gliophorus graminicolor E.Horak is a fungus in the Hygrophoraceae family, order Agaricales, kingdom Fungi. Not known to be toxic.

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Gliophorus graminicolor E.Horak

Gliophorus graminicolor E.Horak

Gliophorus graminicolor is an agaric fungus in Hygrophoraceae from Australia and New Zealand, with ongoing taxonomic debate over its genus.

Genus
Gliophorus
Order
Agaricales
Class
Agaricomycetes

About Gliophorus graminicolor E.Horak

Gliophorus graminicolor E.Horak is a species of agaric fungus that belongs to the family Hygrophoraceae. This species is distributed in Australia and New Zealand. In 1995, Australian mycologists Tom May and Alec Wood reclassified this species into the genus Hygrocybe. However, the taxonomic database Index Fungorum continues to place the species in the original genus Gliophorus.

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Taxonomy

Fungi Basidiomycota Agaricomycetes Agaricales Hygrophoraceae Gliophorus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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