''Gloeopeniophorella'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of crust-like, wood-decaying fungi in the family Russulaceae. It contains six known species. ''Gloeopeniophorella'' was first described by Brazilian mycologist

Johannes Rick Johannes (João Evangelista) Rick (19 January 1869 – 1946) was an Austrian-born Brazilian priest and mycologist considered the "father of Brazilian mycology". He was the first to systematically document the fungal biodiversity, particularly the ...

in 1934. Hjortstam & Ryvarden (2007) wrote on ''Gloeopeniophorella'': "The genus should be fairly easy to recognize with species having an almost smooth hymenophore, hyphae without clamp-connections, both metuloids and gloeocystidia, and spores that are both rugose and amyloid. We are of the opinion that the dextrinoid reaction of the metuloids in ''Dextrinocystidium'' is not an important character for generic separation."

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Russulales Russulales genera Taxa named by Johannes Rick Taxa described in 1934 {{Russulales-stub