Connopus

Connopus
Connopus acervatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Marasmiaceae
Genus: Connopus
R.H.Petersen (2010)
Type species
Connopus acervatus
R.H.Petersen (2010)
Synonyms[1]

Agaricus acervatus Fr. (1821)
Agaricus erythropus var. acervatus (Fr.) Pers. (1828)
Collybia acervata (Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871)
Marasmius acervatus (Fr.) P.Karst. (1889)
Gymnopus acervatus (Fr.) Murrill (1916)

Connopus is a fungal genus in the Marasmiaceae family. The monotypic genus was circumscribed in 2010 to accommodate the species Connopus acervatus, formerly in the genus Gymnopus.[2] It is found in North American and Europe, where it grows in dense clusters on decaying wood.[3]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Connopus acervatus (Fr.) R.H. Petersen 2010". MycoBank. International Mycological Association.
  2. ↑ Hughes KW, Mather DA, Petersen RH. (2010). "A new genus to accommodate Gymnopus acervatus (Agaricales)". Mycologia 102 (6): 1463–78. doi:10.3852/09-318. PMID 20943554.
  3. ↑ Phillips R. "Collybia acervata". RogersMushrooms. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
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