Cystoagaricus strobilomyces

Cystoagaricus strobilomyces is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Psathyrellaceae and the type species of the Cystoagaricus genus[1][2]

Cystoagaricus strobilomyces
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Psathyrellaceae
Genus: Cystoagaricus
Species:
C. strobilomyces
Binomial name
Cystoagaricus strobilomyces
(Murrill) Singer (1947)
Synonyms

Nolanea strobilomyces Murrill (1945))

Cystoagaricus strobilomyces
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex or campanulate
Hymenium is adnate or adnexed
Stipe is bare
Spore print is brown
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is unknown

Taxonomy

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It was first described in 1945 by the American mycologist William Murrill who discovered the species in Florida and classified it as Nolanea strobilomyces.[3][4]

In 1947 the German mycologist Rolf Singer created the new genus Cystoagaricus and placed this species within it.[5]

Etymology

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The specific epithet strobilomyces derives from this mushroom's resemblance to members of the Strobilomyces genus as a result of the spiky squamules on the cap.[3]

Description

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Cystoagaricus strobilomyces is a small mushroom with grey flesh which possesses distinctive scales or spikes on the cap.

Cap: 4-30mm. Convex, umbonate or campanulate. Grey to brown in colour with squamules (spikes or scales) which contrast the cap. Gills: Start grey discolouring through pale blue and dark brown as it ages. Adnate or adnexed. Stem: 5-40 tall and 1-3mm in diameter. Grey and covered in scales or woolly tufts. Spore print: Dark brown. Spores: Phaeseoliform (bean shaped), mitriform. 6–7.5 x 5-6 μm.[6]

 
Cystoagaricus strobilomyces mushrooms growing amongst moss and Stemonitis slime mold.

References

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  1. ^ "Cystoagaricus strobilomyces (Murrill) Singer, Mycologia 39(1): 86 (1947)". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  2. ^ "Index Fungorum - Cystoagaricus Singer, Mycologia 39(1): 85 (1947)". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  3. ^ a b Florida Academy of Sciences.; Sciences, Florida Academy of (1943). Proceedings of the Florida Academy of Sciences. Vol. 6. Tallahassee: Rose Printing Co., etc. p. 118.
  4. ^ Murrill, William A. (1944). "NEW FLORIDA FUNGI". Proceedings of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 7 (2/3): 107–127. ISSN 0097-0581.
  5. ^ Singer, Rolf (1947). "New Genera of Fungi. III". Mycologia. 39 (1): 77–89. doi:10.2307/3755289. ISSN 0027-5514.
  6. ^ "endemia.nc - Cystoagaricus strobilomyces (Murrill) Singer".