''Gloeocantharellus'' is a
genus of
fungi in the family
Gomphaceae
The Gomphaceae are a diverse family of fungi belonging in what is classically known as the Phallales or cladistically as the ''gomphoid-phalloid clade''. The family has 13 genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biologi ...
. It contains 12 species that are found in mainly tropical and subtropical regions.
[Reschke, K., Lotz-Winter, H., Fischer, C.W., Hofmann, T.A., Piepenbring, M., 2021. New and interesting species of Agaricomycetes from Panama. Phytotaxa 529, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.529.1.1
]
Taxonomy
The genus was circumscribed by American mycologist
Rolf Singer
Rolf Singer (June 23, 1906 – January 18, 1994) was a Germany, German-born mycologist and one of the most important Taxonomy (biology), taxonomists of gilled mushrooms (agarics) in the 20th century.
After receiving his Ph.D. at the University ...
in 1945.
Species
* ''
G. corneri'' - m Sri Lanka, Brazil and French Guiana
* ''
G. dingleyae''
* ''
G. echinosporus'' - Malaysia, Indonesia, Solomon Islands and Melanesia
* ''
G. lateritius'' - Sri Lanka
* ''
G. mamorensis''
* ''
G. novae-zelandiae''
* ''
G. okapaensis'' - New Guinea and Solomon Islands
* ''
G. pallidus''
* ''
G. persicinus''
* ''
G. purpurascens'' - SE United States, French Guiana
* ''
G. salmonicolor'' - Panama
* ''
G. uitotanus'' - Colombia
Distribution and habitat
This species is mostly found in tropical and subtropical areas.
References
Gomphaceae
Agaricomycetes genera
Taxa named by Rolf Singer
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