Hemistropharia

Hemistropharia
	In Hocking Hills State Forest, Ohio, USA
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	unknown (possibly Hymenogastraceae or Tubarieae)
Genus:	Hemistropharia; (Peck) Jacobsson & E.Larss. (2007)
Type species
	Hemistropharia albocrenulata; Peck
Synonyms
	Agaricus albocrenulatus Peck (1873); Pholiota fusca Quél. (1877); Pholiota albocrenulata (Peck) Sacc. (1887); Hypodendrum albocrenulatum (Peck) Overh. (1932); Hebeloma albocrenulatum (Peck) Singer (1939); Stropharia albocrenulata (Peck) Kreisel (1964); Hemipholiota albocrenulata (Peck) Romagn. (1980); Hemipholiota albocrenulata (Peck) Romagn. ex Bon (1994);

Hemistropharia is a genus of agarics of unclear classification, though possibly related to the Hymenogastraceae or Tubarieae. A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Hemistropharia albocrenulata. This species, originally named Agaricus albocrenulatus by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1873, is synonymous with the names Pholiota albocrenulata (Peck) Sacc. and Stropharia albocrenulata (Peck) Kreisel, among others.^[1]

The orangish cap is up to 9 centimetres (3+1⁄2 in) wide and the stem is up to 12 cm (4+3⁄4 in) long. The spore print is brown.^[2] It is reportedly nonpoisonous.^[3]

The genus most closely resembles a typical Pholiota where it was previously classified and described^[4] and it causes a decay in trees as does a true Pholiota. Unlike Pholiota, H. albocrenulata lacks chrysocystidia, and it has darker basidiospores.

References

^ Jacobsson S, Larsson E. (2007). "Hemistropharia, a new genus in Agaricales". Mycotaxon. 102: 235–40.
^ Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 656. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
^ Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-89815-170-1.
^ Smith AH and Hesler LR. (1968). The North American Species of Pholiota. New York, NY: Hafner Publ. Co.

[Jacobsson_2007-1] Jacobsson S, Larsson E. (2007). "Hemistropharia, a new genus in Agaricales". Mycotaxon. 102: 235–40.

[audu-2] Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 656. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.

[Arora1986-3] Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-89815-170-1.

[Smith_1968-4] Smith AH and Hesler LR. (1968). The North American Species of Pholiota. New York, NY: Hafner Publ. Co.

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