Hygrophoropsis purpurascens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Boletales |
Family: | Hygrophoropsidaceae |
Genus: | Hygrophoropsis |
Species: | H. purpurascens
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Binomial name | |
Hygrophoropsis purpurascens (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Dennis (1952)
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Hygrophoropsis purpurascens is a species of fungus in the family Hygrophoropsidaceae. Originally described by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1869 as Marasmius purpurascens,[1] it was transferred to the genus Hygrophoropsis by Richard Dennis in 1952. It has been collected from Trinidad, Venezuela, Jamaica, and Cuba, where it grows on rotting logs in forests.[2]
Berkeley 1869
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).Dennis 1952
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).