''Porpolomopsis'' is a

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of fungi in the family

Hygrophoraceae The Hygrophoraceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. Originally conceived as containing white-spored, thick-gilled agarics (gilled mushrooms), including '' Hygrophorus'' and ''Hygrocybe'' species (the waxcaps or waxy caps), DNA evi ...

. It was

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in 2008 by Andreas Bresinsky to contain '' P. calyptriformis''. Bresinsky separated it from the genus ''

Hygrocybe ''Hygrocybe'' is a genus of agarics (gilled fungi) in the family (biology), family Hygrophoraceae. Called waxcaps in English (sometimes waxy caps in North America), basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are often brightly coloured and have dry to waxy pile ...

'' based on its color and the absence of DOPA pigments. '' P. lewelliniae'' was transferred to the genus based on DNA and morphology. Three undescribed species also belong in the genus. Species of ''Porpolomopsis'' have also formerly been placed in the genus '' Humidicutis'', to which they are closely related but differ in having narrowly attached or free

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and the shape of the hyphae in their

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. Species of ''Porpolomopsis'' are found in Europe, North America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

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Hygrophoraceae Agaricales genera {{Hygrophoraceae-stub

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