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Amparoina spinosissima

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Amparoina spinosissima
Amparoina spinosissima (putative identification)
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A. spinosissima
Binomial name
Amparoina spinosissima
(Singer) Singer
Synonyms[2]

1951 Marasmius spinosissimus Singer
1995 Mycena spinosissima (Singer) Desjardin[1]

Amparoina spinosissima is a species of fungus in the family Tricholomataceae, and the type species of the genus Amparoina. It was originally named Mycena spinosissima by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1951, who had originally found the species in Argentina in 1949.[3] He transferred it to Amparoina in 1958.[4]

Distribution

The fungus is found in tropical and subtropical regions, and has been collected in Argentina, Colombia, Japan, the Hawaiian Islands, New Caledonia, Costa Rica, and Puerto Rico.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Desjardin DE. (1995). "A preliminary accounting of the worldwide members of Mycena sect. Sacchariferae. Taxonomic monographs of Agaricales". Bibliotheca Mycologica: 1–89.
  2. ^ "Amparoina spinosissima (Singer) Singer 1958". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  3. ^ Singer R. (1950). "Die höheren Pilze Argentiniens". Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Pilzkunde (in German). 28: 181–96.
  4. ^ Singer R. (1958). "New genera of fungi. VIII. Notes concerning the sections of the genus Marasmius Fr". Mycologia. 50 (1): 103–10. doi:10.2307/3756041. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2010-12-08.