Aphroditeola [SEP] parent taxon
Aphroditeola
Aphroditeola is an agaric fungal genus that produces pink cantharelloid fruit bodies on coniferous forest floors. The lamellae are forked and typically the fruit bodies have a fragrant odor described as candy-like, cinnamony or pink bubble gum-like. In the last century it was classified in "Hygrophoropsis", a genus in the Boletales. However, "Hygrophoropsis" has dextrinoid basidiospores while "Aphroditeola" lacks these. Phylogenetically "Aphroditeola" is classified in the Agaricales near the Hygrophoraceae. Little is known about its biology except that
classification and the incorrect presumption that the type species was named "Cantharellus morganii" before the name "Cantharellus olidus".
External links.
- Belgium mushrooms - "Hygrophoropsis olida"
- British Columbian mushrooms - "Hygrophoropsis morganii"
- Sept-Iles mushrooms - "Hygrophoropsis rufescens"
- Lamoureux 2241 (fongarium CMMF) - "Aphroditeola olida"
- Quebec mushrooms - "Aphroditeola olida"