Gloioxanthomyces vitellinus

Gloioxanthomyces vitellinus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Hygrophoraceae
Genus:	Gloioxanthomyces
Species:	G. vitellinus
Binomial name
*Gloioxanthomyces vitellinus* (Fr.) Lodge, Vizzini, Ercole & Boertm. (2013)
Synonyms
Hygrophorus vitellinus Fr. (1863) Hygrocybe vitellina (Fr.) P.Karst. (1879) Hygrocybe luteolaeta Arnolds (1985) Gliophorus luteolaetus (Arnolds) Kovalenko (1988) Gliophorus vitellinus (Fr.) Kovalenko (1988) Hygrocybe laeta var. luteolaeta (Arnolds) Bon (1989)

Gloioxanthomyces vitellinus is a species of fungus in the family Hygrophoraceae. Originally described by Elias Magnus Fries in 1863 as a species of Hygrophorus, it was made the type species of the newly created genus Gloioxanthomyces in 2013. It is found in Europe, where it fruits among mosses in late summer and autumn.