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Hygrophoropsis fuscosquamula

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Family
  
Hygrophoropsidaceae

Rank
  
Species

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Order
  
Boletales

Genus
  
Hygrophoropsis

Similar
  
Hygrophoropsis macrospora, Hygrophoropsidaceae, Hygrophoropsis rufa, Hygrophoropsis, Hygrophorus chrysodon

Hygrophoropsis fuscosquamula is a species of fungus in the family Hygrophoropsidaceae. Found in Europe, it was described as new to science by English mycologist Peter Darbishire Orton in 1960. Fruit bodies of the fungus have whitish cream to pale yellowish caps with many small, olive-brown scales. Its spores measure 6.0–8.0 by 3.5–4.5 μm.

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Hygrophoropsis fuscosquamula Wikipedia