Thaxterogaster pluvius

Thaxterogaster pluvius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Cortinariaceae
Genus:	Thaxterogaster
Species:	T. pluvius
Binomial name
Thaxterogaster pluvius (Fr.) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
Synonyms[1]
Agaricus pluvius Fr. (1821) Cortinarius pluvius (Fr.) Fr. (1838) Myxacium pluvium (Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871) Myxacium pluvium var. gracile Killerm. (1928)

Thaxterogaster pluvius is a species of fungus in the family Cortinariaceae.^[2]

Taxonomy

It was described in 1821 by the Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries who classified it as Agaricus pluvius.^[3] In 1838 Fries reclassified it as Cortinarius pluvius.^[4]

In 2022 the species was transferred from Cortinarius and reclassified as Thaxterogaster pluvius based on genomic data.^[5]

Habitat and distribution

It is found in Europe and North America.

See also

• List of Cortinarius species

References

1. "GSD Species Synonymy: Cortinarius pluvius (Fr.) Fr". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
2. "Species Fungorum - Thaxterogaster pluvius (Fr.) Niskanen & Liimat". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
3. Fries, Elias (1821). Systema mycologicum : sistens fungorum ordines, genera et species, huc usque cognitas, quas ad normam methodi naturalis determinavit. Vol. 1. Lundae: Ex Officina Berlingiana. p. 236.
4. Fries, Elias Magnus (1838). "Epicrisis Systematis mycologici". bibdigital.rjb.csic.es. p. 277. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
5. Liimatainen, Kare; Kim, Jan T.; Pokorny, Lisa; Kirk, Paul M.; Dentinger, Bryn; Niskanen, Tuula (2022-01-01). "Taming the beast: a revised classification of Cortinariaceae based on genomic data". Fungal Diversity. 112 (1): 89–170. doi:10.1007/s13225-022-00499-9. hdl:2299/25409. ISSN 1878-9129.

External links

• Thaxterogaster pluvius in Index Fungorum