Hygrocybe flavifolia is a mushroom of the waxcap genus Hygrocybe. Found in North America, it was described as new to science by Alexander H. Smith and Lexemuel Ray Hesler in 1942 as a species of Hygrophorus.[2] Rolf Singer transferred it to Hygrocybe in 1945.[3]

Hygrocybe flavifolia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Hygrocybe
Species:
H. flavifolia
Binomial name
Hygrocybe flavifolia
(A.H.Sm. & Hesler) Singer (1951)
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References

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  1. ^ Vellinga, E (22 April 2015). "Hygrocybe flavifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 22 April 2015. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T75115087A75115191.en.
  2. ^ Smith AH, Hesler LR. (1942). "Studies in North American species of Hygrophorus – II". Lloydia. 5 (1): 72.
  3. ^ Singer R. (1949). The Agaricales in Modern Taxonomy. Lilloa. Vol. 22 (2 ed.). Weinheim: Cramer. p. 154.
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