''Phlegmacium kytoevuorii'' is a species of
fungus in the family
Cortinariaceae.
Taxonomy
It was originally
described in 2014 by the mycologists Tuula Niskanen and Kare Liimatainen who classified it as ''Cortinarius kytoevuorii.'' It was placed in the (
subgenus
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
''Phlegmacium'') of the large
mushroom genus ''
Cortinarius''.
In 2022 the species was transferred from ''Cortinarius'' and reclassified as ''Phlegmacium kytoevuorii'' based on genomic data.
Etymology
The
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
honours Finnish mycologist
Ilkka Kytövuori.
Habitat and distribution
Found in
coniferous forests of
Finland and
Sweden
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.
See also
*
List of ''Cortinarius'' species
References
External links
*
kytoevuorii
Fungi described in 2014
Fungi of Finland
Fungi of Sweden
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