Gloioxanthomyces

Gloioxanthomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Hygrophoraceae. It was circumscribed in 2013 to contain G. nitidus, and the type species, G. vitellinus. Within the Hygrophoraceae, it is in the tribe Chromosereae and closely related to the genus Chromosera. The generic name derives from the Greek gloio ("glutinous"), xantho ("yellow"), and myces (fungus).^[1]

Gloioxanthomyces
Gloioxanthomyces nitidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Hygrophoraceae
Genus:	Gloioxanthomyces Lodge, Vizzini, Ercole & Boertm. (2013)
Type species
Gloioxanthomyces vitellinus (Fr.) Lodge, Vizzini, Ercole & Boertm.(2013)
Species
Gloioxanthomyces nitidus Gloioxanthomyces vitellinus

See also

• List of Agaricales genera