''Hypholoma brunneum'' is a species of
mushroom
A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source. ''Toadstool'' generally denotes one poisonous to humans.
The standard for the name "mushroom" is ...
in the family
Strophariaceae
The Strophariaceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. Under an older classification, the family covered 18 genera and 1316 species. The species of Strophariaceae have red-brown to dark brown spore prints, while the spores themselves a ...
. It was originally
described in 1899 by
George Edward Massee
George Edward Massee (20 December 1845 – 16 February 1917) was an English mycologist, plant pathologist, and botanist.
Background and education
George Massee was born in Scampston, East Riding of Yorkshire, the son of a farmer. He was educat ...
as ''Flammula brunnea''.
Derek Reid
Derek Agutter Reid (2 September 1927 – 18 January 2006) was an England, English mycology, mycologist.
Background and education
Reid was born in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, the son of a picture-framer. He was educated at Cedars School and ...
transferred it to the genus ''
Hypholoma'' in 1954.
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Hypholoma
Fungi described in 1899
Fungi of Australia
Fungi of New Zealand
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