Hygrophoropsis rufa (D.A. Reid) Knudsen
(a false chanterelle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHygrophoropsis rufa (a false chanterelle)
GenusHygrophoropsis (false chanterelles)
FamilyHYGROPHOROPSIDACEAE (false chanterelles)
OrderBOLETALES (spongecap toadstools and their relatives, boletes)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Hygrophoropsis rufa (a false chanterelle) :
1: Hygrophoropsis rufa (a false chanterelle)
23 Oct 2014 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on one year old shredded conifer wood
Image 1: Caps - close-upImage 2: Cap - top viewImage 3: FruitbodiesImage 4: Fruitbodies (2)Image 5: Fruitbodies - side viewImage 6: Fruitbodies - top view and upturnedImage 7: Fruitbody - LS - white backgroundImage 8: Fruitbody - side viewImage 9: Gills - close-upImage 10: Gills - close-up (2)Image 11: TroopImage 12: Troop (2)Image 13: Troop (3)Image 14: Troop (4)Image 15: Cap surface - close-up - enlargedImage 16: Cap surface - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 17: Cap surface - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 18: Spore print with Iodine - enlarged - white backgroundImage 19: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnifiedImage 20: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnified (2)Image 21: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnified (3)Image 22: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnified (4)Image 23: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnified (5)Image 24: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnified (6)Image 25: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnified (7)Image 26: Spores - in iodine - magnifiedImage 27: Spores - in iodine - highly magnifiedImage 28: Spores - magnified - white backgroundImage 29: Spores - magnified - white background (2)Image 30: Spores - highly magnified - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Holec, J. & Kolarik, M. 2013 Notes on the identity of Hygrophoropsis rufa (Basidiomycota, Boletales) Czech Mycology Vol 65 (1): 15-24.
Kibby, G. 2016 Readers’ Finds (Jan 2016) Field Mycology Vol 17 (1): 23-28.

Hygrophoropsis rufa (a false chanterelle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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