Cortinariaceae

Thaxterogaster – Facesoffungi number: FoF

Thaxterogaster Singer. Index Fungorum number: IF 19334; Mycobank number: MB 19334 Notes – The centre of the diversity of this genus is in the Southern Hemisphere and it is estimated to include around 200 species. The size of the basidiomes ranges from small to large and varies in coloration from white, ochraceous, greenish, brown to purple. [...]

2025-12-08T03:29:21+00:00December 8th, 2025|Categories: Agaricales, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Cortinariaceae, Thaxterogaster|Comments Off on Thaxterogaster – Facesoffungi number: FoF

Thaxterogaster obscurovibratilis – Facesoffungi number: FoF 14870

Thaxterogaster obscurovibratilis Niskanen, Liimat. & Ammirati, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 900313; Mycobank number: MB 900313; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14870; Figs. 1d, 2d, 3 Etymology – The species belongs to Thaxterogaster sect. Vibratiles and has a darker pileus than other species of the section. Holotype – K-M 001434124. Pileus 2.5–5 cm in diam, at first [...]

2025-12-08T03:23:01+00:00December 8th, 2025|Categories: Agaricales, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Cortinariaceae, Thaxterogaster|Comments Off on Thaxterogaster obscurovibratilis – Facesoffungi number: FoF 14870

Thaxterogaster americanoporphyropus – Facesoffungi number: FoF 14869

Thaxterogaster americanoporphyropus Niskanen, Liimat. & Ammirati, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 900312; Mycobank number: MB 900312; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14869; Figs. 1c, 2c, 3 Etymology – The species is known from North America and is reminiscent of T. porphyropus. Holotype – K-M 001434121. Pileus 4–8 cm in diam, at first hemispherical, then low convex, pale [...]

2025-12-08T03:09:07+00:00December 8th, 2025|Categories: Agaricales, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Cortinariaceae, Thaxterogaster|Comments Off on Thaxterogaster americanoporphyropus – Facesoffungi number: FoF 14869

Phlegmacium – Facesoffungi number: FoF

Phlegmacium (Fr.) Wünsche. Index Fungorum number: IF 18258; Mycobank number: MB 18258 Notes – This predominantly Northern Hemispheric genus is estimated to include around 200 species. Basidiomes are medium- to large-sized, rarely small. Typical for the species are a dry stipe and viscid to glutinous pileus, or if dry, then the KOH reaction in the [...]

2025-12-08T02:53:39+00:00December 8th, 2025|Categories: Agaricales, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Cortinariaceae, Phlegmacium|Comments Off on Phlegmacium – Facesoffungi number: FoF

Phlegmacium pallidocaeruleum – Facesoffungi number: FoF 14868

Phlegmacium pallidocaeruleum Niskanen Liimat. & Bojantchev, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 900311; Mycobank number: MB 900311; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14868; Figs. 1b, 2b, 3 Etymology – Named for the general coloration of the basidiomes. Holotype – K-M 001434120. Pileus 4.5–7.5 cm in diam, at first hemispherical, then low convex to almost plane, innately [...]

2025-12-08T02:46:21+00:00December 8th, 2025|Categories: Agaricales, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Cortinariaceae, Phlegmacium|Comments Off on Phlegmacium pallidocaeruleum – Facesoffungi number: FoF 14868

Phlegmacium fennicum – Facesoffungi number: FoF 14867

Phlegmacium fennicum Kekki, Kytöv., Niskanen & Liimat., sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 900310; Mycobank number: MB 900310; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14867; Figs. 1a, 2a, 3 Etymology – The species has thus far only been found from Finland. Holotype – K-M 001434119. Pileus 4.5–7 cm in diam, at first hemispherical, then low convex to almost plane, [...]

2025-12-08T02:32:20+00:00December 8th, 2025|Categories: Agaricales, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Cortinariaceae, Phlegmacium|Comments Off on Phlegmacium fennicum – Facesoffungi number: FoF 14867

Mystinarius – Facesoffungi number: FoF

Mystinarius Niskanen & Liimat. Index Fungorum number: IF 552524; Mycobank number: MB 552524 Notes – The species of this small (<5 species), bihemispheric genus have medium-sized, stipitocarpic, agaricoid (myxacioid/phlegmacioid) basidiomes with a yellow to reddish brown, somewhat viscid to almost dry pileus, and a white to yellow, dry or very slightly viscid stipe. The basidiospores [...]

2025-12-04T09:06:30+00:00December 4th, 2025|Categories: Agaricales, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Cortinariaceae, Mystinarius|Comments Off on Mystinarius – Facesoffungi number: FoF

Mystinarius ochrobrunneus – Facesoffungi number: FoF 14866

Mystinarius ochrobrunneus Ammirati, Halling, Niskanen & Liimat., sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 900309; Mycobank number: MB 900309; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14866; Figs. 1e, 2e Etymology –  Named for the general coloration of the basidiomes. Holotype –  CR 4064459. Pileus 2.5–4 cm in diam, campanulate to obtuseumbonate, rarely plano-umbonate, margin often irregular, 1/3–1/2 pellucid [...]

2025-12-08T02:12:43+00:00December 4th, 2025|Categories: Agaricales, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Cortinariaceae, Mystinarius|Comments Off on Mystinarius ochrobrunneus – Facesoffungi number: FoF 14866

Hygronarius – Facesoffungi number: FoF

Hygronarius Niskanen & Liimat. Index Fungorum number: IF 552519; Mycobank number: MB 552519 Notes – This small genus with bihemispheric distribution has an estimated 10 species including small- to mediumsized, stipitocarpic, agaricoid (telamonioid) species with brownish colours. The stipe is dry and the pileus is dry or viscid and hygrophanous. The basidiospores are subglobose or [...]

2025-12-04T08:54:04+00:00December 4th, 2025|Categories: Agaricales, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Cortinariaceae, Hygronarius|Comments Off on Hygronarius – Facesoffungi number: FoF

Hygronarius californicus – Facesoffungi number: FoF 14865

Hygronarius californicus Niskanen, Liimat., Bojantchev & Ammirati, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 900308;  Mycobank number: MB 900308; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14865; Figs. 1a, 2a, 3 Etymology – The species was first found from California, USA. Holotype – K-M 001434114. Pileus 1.5–3.5 cm in diam, at first hemispherical, then low convex to almost plane, sometimes with [...]

2025-12-04T08:50:17+00:00December 4th, 2025|Categories: Agaricales, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Cortinariaceae, Hygronarius|Comments Off on Hygronarius californicus – Facesoffungi number: FoF 14865
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