''Hymenagaricus'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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in the family
Agaricaceae. The widespread genus contains species found largely in
tropical
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
regions.
''Hymenagaricus'' was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by Belgian mycologist
Paul Heinemann in 1981.
Species
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Hymenagaricus alphitochrous'' (Berk. & Broome) Heinem. 1981
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Hymenagaricus ardosiaecolor'' (Heinem.) Heinem. 1985
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Hymenagaricus caespitosus'' D.A.Reid & Eicker 1995 – Africa
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Hymenagaricus calicutensis'' Heinem. & Little Flower 1984
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Hymenagaricus canoruber'' (Berk. & Broome) Heinem. & Little Flower 1984
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Hymenagaricus cylindrocystis'' Heinem. & Little Flower 1984
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Hymenagaricus epipastus'' (Berk. & Broome) Heinem. & Little Flower 1984 – Sri Lanka
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Hymenagaricus fuscobrunneus'' D.A.Reid & Eicker 1998 – South Africa
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Hymenagaricus hymenopileus'' (Heinem.) Heinem. 1981
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Hymenagaricus kivuensis'' Heinem. 1984
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Hymenagaricus laticystis'' Heinem. 1985
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Hymenagaricus nigrovinosus'' (Pegler) Heinem. 1981
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Hymenagaricus nigroviolaceus'' Heinem. 1985
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Hymenagaricus ochraceoluteus'' D.A.Reid & Eicker 1998 – South Africa
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Hymenagaricus olivaceus'' Heinem. 1985
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Hymenagaricus pallidodiscus'' D.A.Reid & Eicker 1999 – South Africa
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Hymenagaricus rufomarginatus'' D.A.Reid & Eicker 1998 – South Africa
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Hymenagaricus subaeruginosus'' (Berk. & Broome) Heinem. & Little Flower 1984
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Hymenagaricus taiwanensis'' Zhu L.Yang, Z.W.Ge & C.M.Chen 2008 – Taiwan
See also
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List of Agaricaceae genera
This is a list of genus, genera in the mushroom-forming fungus family Agaricaceae.
Genera
See also
* List of Agaricales families
* List of Agaricales genera
References
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Cited texts
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List of Agaricales genera
References
Agaricaceae
Agaricales genera
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