Hygrocybe andersonii a new psammophilus Hygrocybe from Horn Island, a Mississippi barrier island
Cibula WG and Weber NS. 1996. Hygrocybe andersonii a new psammophilus Hygrocybe from Horn Island, a Mississippi barrier island. Mycologia. 88(3):514-516
_Hygrocybe andersonii_ , a new species always found in association with _Ceratiola ericoides_ on barrier islands and mainland sand dunes, is described. This _Hygrocybe_ is distinguished from other Hygrocybes by it densely cepitose method of growth, its occurance in sand in the vicinity of _Ceratiola ericoides_ , large bacilliform spores, and the presence of colorless, blue-flourescing compounds on chromatagrams prepered from pigment extracts. In addition, these chromatograms exhibit a complex of yellow to orange pigments of Rf 0.14 to 0.25 that replace rhodohygrocybin as found in most other Hygrocybes.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Cibula, William; Weber, Nancy
- Units
- GUIS
- Keywords
- Basidiomycete, Ceratiola ericoides, dune stabilization, Hygrophoraceae, Systematics, Walter Inglis Anderson