Gloioxanthomyces

Gloioxanthomyces
Gloioxanthomyces nitidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Gloioxanthomyces
Lodge, Vizzini, Ercole & Boertm. (2013)
Type species
Gloioxanthomyces vitellinus
(Fr.) Lodge, Vizzini, Ercole & Boertm.(2013)
Species

Gloioxanthomyces nitidus
Gloioxanthomyces vitellinus

Gloioxanthomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Hygrophoraceae. It was circumscribed in 2013 to contain G. nitidus, and the type species, G. vitellinus. Within the Hygrophoraceae, it is in the tribe Chromosereae and closely related to the genus Chromosera. The generic name derives from the Greek gloio ("glutinous"), xantho ("yellow"), and myces (fungus).[1]

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