Calonarius flavipallens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Cortinariaceae |
Genus: | Calonarius |
Species: | C. flavipallens
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Binomial name | |
Calonarius flavipallens (Kytöv., Liimat. & Niskanen) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
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Synonyms | |
Cortinarius flavipallens Kytöv., Liimat. & Niskanen (2014) |
Calonarius flavipallens is a species of agaric fungus in the family Cortinariaceae. [1]
It was originally described in 2014 by the mycologists Ilkka Kytövuori, Kare Liimatainen and Tuula Niskanen who classified it as Cortinarius flavipallens. It was placed in the ( subgenus Phlegmacium) of the large mushroom genus Cortinarius. [2]
In 2022 the species was transferred from Cortinarius and reclassified as Calonarius flavipallens based on genomic data. [3]
The specific epithet flavipallens refers to its pale ochre cap colours. [2]
Found in Picea abies-dominated boreal forest in Finland, it was described as new to science in 2014. [2]
Other Cortinarius species with a roughly similar appearance include C. metarius, C. caesiocinctus, and C. piceae. [2]