Arrhenia eburnea
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| Arrhenia eburnea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hygrophoraceae |
| Genus: | Arrhenia |
| Species: | A. eburnea |
| Binomial name | |
| Arrhenia eburnea Barrasa & V.J.Rico (2003) | |
Arrhenia eburnea is a species of agaric fungus in the family Hygrophoraceae.[1] This tiny fungus, whose species epithet eburnea refers to its characteristic ivory colouration, produces pale yellowish, funnel-shaped caps measuring only 0.5–1.5 centimetres across with thick, widely spaced gills underneath and virtually no stipe, growing directly on moss in Mediterranean woodland environments. Found exclusively in the Iberian Peninsula, particularly in Spain and Portugal, it grows in the mild, humid conditions of Mediterranean evergreen oak forests during the cooler, wetter months from late autumn to early spring when moss growth is abundant.
Arrhenia eburnea is an agaric fungus in the family Hygrophoraceae that was described as new to science in 2003. The species name eburnea means "ivory-white", referring to its pale fruit body colours. It was discovered in the Mediterranean region and formally introduced by the mycologists José María Barrasa, Víctor Jiménez Rico, and Manuel Villarreal. Arrhenia eburnea belongs to a group formerly called "omphalinoid" Arrhenia, which are small, white, moss-associated mushrooms. It is closely related to species like Arrhenia acerosa, but distinguished by microscopic and molecular characters.[2]