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Hygrophoropsis purpurascens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Boletales
Family:
Hygrophoropsidaceae
Genus:
Hygrophoropsis
Species:
H. purpurascens
Binomial name
Hygrophoropsis purpurascens
Synonyms
  • Marasmius purpurascens Berk. & M.A.Curtis (1868)
  • Chamaeceras purpurascens (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Kuntze (1898)

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]

References

  1. ^ Berkeley MJ, Curtis MA. (1869). "Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society". 10: 280–392 (see p. 296). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ Dennis RWG. (1952). "Lepiota and allied genera in Trinidad, British West Indies". Kew Bulletin. 7 (4): 459–500 (see pp. 491–492). doi:10.2307/4117800.


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