Genus

Gliophorus (Waxcaps)

Gliophorus irrigatus. Photo: (c) Christian Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Gliophorus is a genus of agaric fungi in the family Hygrophoraceae. Gliophorus species belong to a group known as waxcaps in English, sometimes also waxy caps in North America or waxgills in New Zealand. The genus was described by Czech mycologist Josef Herink in 1958, but is currently synonymized with Hygrocybe by most standard authorities. It has, however, been adopted in New Zealand which has an unusually large number of native Gliophorus species.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Agaricomycetes
        Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
        Order: Agaricales (Common gilled mushrooms and allies)
        Suborder: Hygrophorineae
        Family: Hygrophoraceae
        Subfamily: Hygrocyboideae
        Tribe: Humidicuteae
        Genus: Gliophorus (Waxcaps)
        Section: Gliophorus (Gliophorus sect. gliophorus) (1)
        Section: Unguinosae (Gliophorus sect. unguinosae) (1)
        Section: Glutinosae (Gliophorus sect. glutinosae) (1)

Subtaxa

Section: Gliophorus (Gliophorus sect. gliophorus)

Section: Unguinosae (Gliophorus sect. unguinosae)

Section: Glutinosae (Gliophorus sect. glutinosae)

Where in Humboldt

Discussion

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