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Neonothopanus nambi

Neonothopanus nambi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
Order: Agaricales
Family: Marasmiaceae
Genus: Neonothopanus
Species: N. nambi
Binomial name
Neonothopanus nambi
(Speg.) R.H. Petersen & Krisai, 1999
Synonyms

Agaricus nambi Speg., 1883
Pleurotus nambi (Speg.) Speg., 1887


Agaricus nambi Speg., 1883
Pleurotus nambi (Speg.) Speg., 1887

Neonothopanus nambi is a poisonous and bioluminescent mushroom in the family Marasmiaceae.

Italian-Argentinian naturalist Carlos Luigi Spegazzini described the species in 1883 as Agaricus nambi in the subgenus Pleurotus, from material collected in December 1879 near Guarapi in Brazil.Pier Andrea Saccardo placed it in the genus Pleurotus. Ronald H. Petersen and Irmgard Krisai placed the fungus in the new genus Neonothopanus in 1999.


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