Species

Gliophorus laetus (Heath waxcap)

Gliophorus laetus. Photo: (c) Bobby Valentine, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Gliophorus laetus is a species of agaric fungus in the family Hygrophoraceae. Originally described as new to science by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1800, it was transferred to the genus Gliophorus in 1958.

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: Glutinosae (Gliophorus sect. glutinosae)
        Species: Gliophorus laetus (Heath waxcap)

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