Hygrocybe splendidissima

Hygrocybe splendidissima, commonly known as the splendid waxcap,[1] is a mushroom of the waxcap genus Hygrocybe. Found in Europe, it was originally described as new to science in 1960 by British mycologist Peter Darbishire Orton as a species of Hygrophorus. The type was collected by Orton in fields near Membury, Devon, in 1957[2] Meinhard Moser transferred the species to the genus Hygrocybe in 1967.[3] Derek Reid thought that the fungus was more appropriately classified as a form of the scarlet waxy cap, Hygrocybe punicea.[4]

Hygrocybe splendidissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Hygrophoraceae
Genus:
Hygrocybe
Species:
H. splendidissima
Binomial name
Hygrocybe splendidissima
(P.D.Orton) M.M.Moser (1967)
Synonyms
  • Hygrophorus splendidissimus P.D.Orton (1960)
  • Hygrocybe punicea f. splendidissima (P.D.Orton) D.A.Reid (1972)

See also

References
  1. Holden L. (July 2014). "English names for fungi 2014". British Mycological Society. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  2. Orton PD. (1960). "New check list of British Agarics and Boleti, part III (keys to Crepidotus, Deconica, Flocculina, Hygrophorus, Naucoria, Pluteus and Volvaria)". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 43 (2): 265. doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(60)80065-4.
  3. Moser M. Kleine Kryptogamenflora von Mitteleuropa – Die Blätter- und Baupilze (Agaricales und Gastromycetes) (in German). IIb/2 (3 ed.). Jena: G. Fischer. p. 67.
  4. Reid DA. (1972). "Fungorum rariorum Icones coloratae". 6. Cramer: 1. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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