Hygronarius is a genus of fungi in the family Cortinariaceae.
Taxonomy
The genus was created in 2022 when the family Cortinariaceae, which previously contained only the one genus of
Cortinarius was reclassified based on genomic data and split into the genera of
Cortinarius,
Aureonarius,
Austrocortinarius,
Calonarius,
Cystinarius,
Hygronarius,
Mystinarius,
Phlegmacium,
Thaxterogaster and
Volvanarius.
The genus is further divided with subgenus and section classifications:
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Hygronarius subgenus Hygronarius includes the section: Hygronarius.
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Hygronarius subgenus Viscincisi includes the sections: Austroduracini and Viscincisi.
Etymology
The name
Hygronarius derives from the word
hygrophanous and
Cortinarius. This is in reference to the
hygrophanous caps of the species within this genera which display colour variations depending on moisture content.
Species
, Species Fungorum accepted 5 species of
Hygronarius.
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Hygronarius austroduracinus (M.M. Moser) Liimat. & Niskanen (2022)
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Hygronarius parahumilis (Garnica) Liimat. & Niskanen (2022)
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Hygronarius renidens (Fr.) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
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Hygronarius viridibasalis (M.M. Moser) Liimat. & Niskanen (2022)
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Hygronarius viscincisus (Soop) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
