Hygrocybe flavifolia

Hygrocybe flavifolia is a mushroom of the waxcap genus Hygrocybe. Found in North America, it was described as new to science by Alexander H. Smith and Lexemuel Ray Hesler in 1942 as a species of Hygrophorus.^[2] Rolf Singer transferred it to Hygrocybe in 1945.^[3]

Hygrocybe flavifolia
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Hygrophoraceae
Genus:	Hygrocybe
Species:	H. flavifolia
Binomial name
Hygrocybe flavifolia (A.H.Sm. & Hesler) Singer (1951)
Synonyms
Hygrophorus flavifolius A.H.Sm. & Hesler (1942)

See also

• Fungi portal

• List of Hygrocybe species
• List of fungi by conservation status

References

1. Vellinga, E (22 April 2015). "Hygrocybe flavifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 22 April 2015. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T75115087A75115191.en.{{cite iucn}}: |date= / |doi= mismatch (help)
2. Smith AH, Hesler LR. (1942). "Studies in North American species of Hygrophorus – II". Lloydia. 5 (1): 72.
3. Singer R. (1949). The Agaricales in Modern Taxonomy. Lilloa. Vol. 22 (2 ed.). Weinheim: Cramer. p. 154.

External links

• Hygrocybe flavifolia in Index Fungorum