Connopus

Connopus
Connopus acervatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Basidiomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Marasmiaceae
Genus:	Connopus R.H.Petersen (2010)
Type species
Connopus acervatus R.H.Petersen (2010)
Synonyms[1]
Agaricus acervatus Fr. (1821) Agaricus erythropus var. acervatus (Fr.) Pers. (1828) Collybia acervata (Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871) Marasmius acervatus (Fr.) P.Karst. (1889) Gymnopus acervatus (Fr.) Murrill (1916)

Connopus is a fungal genus in the Marasmiaceae family. The monotypic genus was circumscribed in 2010 to accommodate the species Connopus acervatus, formerly in the genus Gymnopus.^[2] It is found in North American and Europe, where it grows in dense clusters on decaying wood.^[3]

See also

Fungi portal

• List of Marasmiaceae genera

References

1. ^ "Connopus acervatus (Fr.) R.H. Petersen 2010". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=560151. 
2. ^ Hughes KW, Mather DA, Petersen RH. (2010). "A new genus to accommodate Gymnopus acervatus (Agaricales)". Mycologia 102 (6): 1463–78. doi:10.3852/09-318. PMID 20943554. 
3. ^ Phillips R. "Collybia acervata". RogersMushrooms. http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5814.asp. Retrieved 2010-10-10.