Melanoleuca abutyracea

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.


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