Asperosporus subterraneus, Karl.-Ayala, Gazis & M.E. Sm., sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: MB838906; Facesoffungi number: FoF; Figs 1, 3A–F. Etymology: From the Latin “sub” (below) and “terra” (earth), for the habit of fruiting below the soil Diagnosis: Basidiomata 5–30 mm diam, globose to irregular, astipitate, light tan but drying dark brown and staining pink-red when [...]
Asperosporus Karl.-Ayala, Gazis & M.E. Sm., gen. nov. Index Fungorum number: MB838905; Facesoffungi number: FoF Etymology: From the Latin “asper” (rough) and “sporus” (spores), for the highly ornamented spores. Distinguished from other genera in Agaricaceae by a combination of the following characters: Basidiomata hypogeous and sequestrate, globose to subglobose, astipitate, and friable when dry. [...]
Description Pileus 30-65 mm, sub umbonate to umbonate, expanding to plano-concave, with inflexed margin; greyish orange to brownish orange (6B5-8, 6C7-8) glabrous at umbo, with concolorous squamules toward margin on white fibrillose background; margin sulcate, with partial veil remnants, concolorous with squamules on surface. Lamellae free, broadly ventricose, 3-5 mm wide, white, moderately crowded, with [...]
Description Pileus 10-16 mm diam., convex to umbonate, expanding to plano-concave, with straight margin; rough or with crowded squamules at center, light brown to brown (7D6-8, 7E7-8) at center, with concolourous squamules around umbo towards margin, slightly distant at marginal zone on white to orange white (5A2) blackground; margin broken, sulcate or striate, appendicular, with [...]
Description Pileus 30-50 mm diam., first subglobose, expanding to parabolic to convex or umbonate, plano-convex when mature, with straight margin; when young glabrous to granulose, completely light brown to brown (7D7-8), when mature sureface breaking and leaving concolorous glabrous or granulose umbo, with concolorous squamules around umbo towards margin, on white to orange-white (5A2) background; [...]
Description Pileus 30-45 mm, campanulate, expanding to convex or umbonate with small umbo, applanate with low umbo, straight margin; glabrous to rough at umbo, brown to dark brown (6E5-8, 7F7-8), with light brown to brown (7D6-8, 7E7-8) glabrous around umbo, later surface broken in radial streaks from around umbo towards margin, with concolorous tomentose [...]
Agaricus punjabensis T. Qasim, A. Ashraf & A.N. Khalid, sp. nov., Index Fungorum Number: IF 814981 Etymology: Refers to the Punjab, the region where the holotype of the species was collected. Diagnosis: This species is characterized by a dark, greyish brown, fibrillose pileus, more or less concolorous or slightly paler stipe, spores with an [...]
Cyathus Haller, Hist. stirp. Helv. 3: 236 (1768) Index Fungorum number: IF 19085 Type species: Cyathus striatus (Huds.) Willd., Fl. berol. prodr.: 399 (1787) The genus Cyathus belongs in the Agaricaceae, despite the unusual form of its basidiomata (also known as peridia), which resemble a bird’s nest and grow on wood or dung. These [...]
Cyathus renweii T.X. Zhou & R.L. Zhao, in Zhou, Zhao, Zhao & Chen, Fungal Diversity 17: 245 (2004) Index Fungorum number: IF 371274 Peridium: obconic or vase shaped, 6–11 mm high, 5–8 mm wide at mouth, outer surface of peridium brownish, weakly plicate, covered with yellowish to yellowish-cream hairs and narrow tufts, becoming glabrous [...]
Cyathus colensoi Berk., in Hooker, Bot. Antarct. Voy. Erebus Terror 1839-1843, II, Fl. Nov. -Zeal.: 192 (1855) Index Fungorum number: IF 147486 Synonymy: Cyathodes colensoi (Berk.) Kuntze, Revis, gen. Pl. (Leipzig) 2: 851 (1891) Peridium: 6–7 mm high, 5–6 mm wide at mouth, campanulate, outer surface pallid gray to grayish brown, finely tomentose but [...]