Fungalpedia – Note 2552, Xanthagaricus

 

Xanthagaricus. (Heinem.) Little Flower, Hosag. & T.K. Abraham.

Citation when using this data: Boonmee S et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Figs 1, 2

Classification: Agaricaceae, Agaricales, Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi.

Xanthagaricus, a tropical genus of Agaricaceae, consists of 12 species with the type species X. flavidorufus (He et al. 2019). Molecular-phylogenetic analysis showed that Xanthagaricus is related to Micropsalliota (Villinga et al. 2011; Zhao et al. 2010). 

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Xanthagaricus.

 

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Figure 1 – Xanthagaricus necopinatus (HNL502083, new record). a, b Basidiomata.

 

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Figure 2 – Microcharacters of Xanthagaricus necopinatus (HNL502083).
a Basidiospores. b Cheilocystidia. c Basidia. d Element cells at pileus covering. Scale bars: a = 5 μm, b–d = 10 μm.

 

References

He MQ, Zhao RL, Hyde KD, Begerow D, Kemler M, Yurkov A, McKenzie EHC, Raspé O, Kakishima M, Sánchez-Ramírez S, Vellinga EC, Halling R, Papp V, Zmitrovich IV, Buyck B, Ertz D, Wijayawardene NN, Cui BK, Schoutteten N, Liu XZ, Li TH, Yao YJ, Zhu XY, Liu AQ, Li GJ, Zhang MZ, Ling ZL, Cao B, Antonín V, Boekhout T, da Silva BDB, De Crop E, Decock C, Dima B, Dutta AK, Fell JW, Geml J, Ghobad-Nejhad M, Giachini AJ, Gibertoni TB, Gorjón SP, Haelewaters D, He SH, Hodkinson BP, Horak E, Hoshino T, Justo A, Lim YW, Menolli N Jr, Mešić A, Moncalvo JM, Mueller GM, Nagy LG, Nilsson RH, Noordeloos M, Nuytinck J, Orihara T, Ratchadawan C, Rajchenberg M, Silva-Filho AGS, Sulzbacher MA, Tkalčec Z, Valenzuela R, Verbeken A, Vizzini A, Wartchow F, Wei TZ, Weiß M, Zhao CL, Kirk PM 2019 – Notes, outline and divergence times of Basidiomycota. Fungal Divers 99:105–367.

Zhao RL, Desjardin DE, Soytong K, Perry BA, Hyde KD 2010 – A monograph of Micropsalliota in Northern Thailand based on morphological and molecular data. Fungal Divers 45:33–79.

 

Entry by

Saranyaphat Boonmee, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand

 

Published online 6 June 2026

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