Melanoleuca abutyracea

Species of fungus

Melanoleuca abutyracea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Pluteaceae
Genus:
Melanoleuca
Species:
M. abutyracea
Binomial name
Melanoleuca abutyracea
(Cleland) Grgur. (1985)
Synonyms[1]
  • Collybia abutyracea Cleland (1931)

Melanoleuca abutyracea is a species of fungus in the family Pluteaceae. Found in Australia, it was first described scientifically in 1931 by John Burton Cleland as a species of Collybia.[2] Mycologist Cheryl Grgurinovic transferred it to Melanoleuca in 2002.[3]

References

  1. ^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Melanoleuca abutyracea (Cleland) Grgur". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  2. ^ Cleland JB. (1931). "Australian fungi: notes and descriptions. – No. 8". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia. 55: 152–60.
  3. ^ Grgurinovic CA. (1985). "Studies on J.B.Cleland's fungal herbarium – 1: Melanoleuca (Agaricales)". Mycotaxon. 23: 223–32.
  • Melanoleuca abutyracea in Index Fungorum
Taxon identifiers
Melanoleuca abutyracea
Collybia abutyracea


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