Kuehneromyces is a genus of agaric fungi in the family Strophariaceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed by mycologists Rolf Singer and Alexander H. Smith in 1946.[2]

Kuehneromyces
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
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Kuehneromyces

Singer & A.H.Sm. (1946)
Type species
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
(Schaeff.) Singer & A.H.Sm. (1946)
Species

K. brunneoalbescens
K. castaneus
K. leucolepidotus
K. lignicola
K. marginellus
K. mutabilis
K. terrestris
K. vernalis

The genus name of Kuehneromyces is in honour of Robert Kühner (1903-1996), who was a French mycologist most notable for reviewing many agaric.[3]

The genus includes Kuehneromyces mutabilis, which – despite a deadly poisonous lookalike – is a popular edible mushroom in Europe that can also be cultivated on wood.

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References edit

  1. ^ "Kuehneromyces Singer & A.H.Sm". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  2. ^ Singer R, Smith AH. (1946). "The taxonomic position of Pholiota mutabilis and related species". Mycologia. 38 (2): 500–23. doi:10.2307/3754991. JSTOR 3754991.
  3. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.