Chrysomycena
Chrysomycena is an agaric fungal genus comprising one wood-decaying species found in Italy, Chrysomycena perplexa.[1] It was first formally named in 2019.
| Chrysomycena | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Porotheleaceae |
| Genus: | Chrysomycena Vizzini, Picillo, L. Perrone & Dovana |
| Species: | C. perplexa |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysomycena perplexa Picillo, Vizzini & L. Perrone | |
The species has small golden yellow fruiting bodies resembling unrelated agarics in the Hygrophoraceae or Mycenaceae, with slightly slippery caps and a frosted yellowish stipe. The spores are slightly amyloid and the tissues of the fruitbodies have sarcodimitic construction.
References
- Vizzini A, Picillo B, Perrone L, Dovana F (2019). "Chrysomycena perplexa gen. et sp. nov. (Agaricales, Porotheleaceae), a new entity from the Lazio region". Rivista Micologica Romana, Bollettino dell'Associazione Micologica Ecologica Romana. 107 (2): 96–107.
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