Volvanarius
Genus of fungi
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Volvanarius is a genus of fungi in the family Cortinariaceae.[1]
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| Volvanarius | |
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| Volvanarius thaumastus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Cortinariaceae |
| Genus: | Volvanarius Niskanen & Liimat. (2022) |
| Type species | |
| Volvanarius chlorosplendidus | |
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.[2]
The genus is further divided with subgenus classifications:[2]
- Volvanarius subgenus Thaumasti.
- Volvanarius subgenus Volvanarius.
Etymology
Species
As of January 2023, Species Fungorum accepted eight species of Volvanarius.[3]
- Volvanarius chlorophanus (M.M. Moser) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
- Volvanarius chlorosplendidus (Furci, Niskanen, San-Fabian, Liimat. & Salgado Salomón) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
- Volvanarius coleopus (M.M. Moser & E. Horak) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
- Volvanarius cosmoxanthus (M.M. Moser) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
- Volvanarius olivaceovaginatus (Niskanen, San-Fabian, Liimat. & E. Horak) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
- Volvanarius subcosmoxanthus (Liimat., San-Fabian & Niskanen) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
- Volvanarius thaumastus (Soop) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
- Volvanarius vaginatus (E. Horak & M.M. Moser) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
