Porpolomopsis lewelliniae
| Porpolomopsis lewelliniae | |
|---|---|
| Porpolomopsis lewelliniae Hazelbrook, New South Wales | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hygrophoraceae |
| Genus: | Porpolomopsis |
| Species: | P. lewelliniae |
| Binomial name | |
| Porpolomopsis lewelliniae (Kalchbr.) Lodge, Padamsee & S.A. Cantrell (2013) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hygrophorus lewellinae Kalchbr. (1883) | |
| Porpolomopsis lewelliniae | |
|---|---|
| Gills on hymenium | |
| Cap is umbonate | |
| Hymenium is adnexed | |
| Stipe is bare | |
| Spore print is white | |
| Ecology is saprotrophic | |
| Edibility is unknown | |
Porpolomopsis lewelliniae, commonly known as the mauve splitting wax-cap, is a gilled fungus of the waxcap family found in wet forests of eastern Australia and New Zealand. The small mauve- or lilac-coloured mushrooms are fairly common and appear in moss or leaf litter on the forest floor in autumn, and are biotrophic. The key distinguishing feature is the splitting of the cap dividing down the middle of the individual gills.