No Common Name Gloioxanthomyces nitidus (Berkeley & M.A. Curtis) Lodge, Vizzini, Ercole & Boertm    Synonyms: Hygrocybe nitida.
Kingdom Fungi   >   Phylum Basidiomycota   >   Class Agaricomycetes   >   Order Agaricales   >   Family Hygrophoraceae   >   Genus Gloioxanthomyces   

Description:

Note bright yellow, deeply infundibuliform shape of the pileus and decurrent gills. Nitida means glossy. (L. Biechele, pers. comm.)

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A Gloioxanthomyces nitidus in Worcester Co., Maryland (10/16/2014). Photo by Lance Biechele. (MBP list)


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