ʻO ka mele mele ʻulaʻula (Hygrophoropsis rufa)
- Māhele: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Māhele: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Papa: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Papa haʻahaʻa: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Kauoha: Boletales (Boletales)
- ʻOhana: Hygrophoropsidaceae (Hygrophoropsis)
- ʻAno: Hygrophoropsis (Hygrophoropsis)
- Type: ʻO Hygrophoropsis rufa (False red fox)
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Ua wehewehe mua ʻia kēia ʻano i ka makahiki 1972 ma ke ʻano he ʻano o ka ʻalopeke wahaheʻe Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca. Ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia i ke kūlana o kahi ʻano kūʻokoʻa ma 2008, a ma 2013 ua hōʻoia ʻia ka legitimacy o kēia hoʻonui ma ka pae genetic.
ʻO ka pāpale a hiki i 10 knm ke anawaena, ʻalani-melemele, melemele-ʻalani, ʻeleʻele-ʻalani a ʻeleʻele paha, me nā unahi ʻeleʻele liʻiliʻi e uhi paʻa ana i ka ʻili o ka pāpale i waenakonu a mae mālie i nā ʻaoʻao. Hoʻopili ʻia ka lihi o ka pāpale i loko. ʻO ka wāwae ke kala like me ka pāpale, a ua uhi pū ʻia me nā unahi ʻeleʻele liʻiliʻi, hoʻonui iki ʻia ma ke kumu. ʻO nā papa he melemele-alani a ʻalani paha, bifurcating a iho i lalo ma ke kumu. He ʻalani ka ʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hoʻololi ke kala i ka lewa. Hōʻike ʻia ka ʻala ma ke ʻano he ʻino a me ka ozone-like, e hoʻomanaʻo ana i ke ʻala o kahi mīkini paʻi laser hana. ʻO ka ʻono ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻia.
Noho ʻo ia ma nā ululāʻau huikau a me nā coniferous ma nā ʻano koena lāʻau āpau, mai ka ʻōpala pala a hiki i ka ʻōpala a me ka sawdust. Laha ʻia paha ma ʻEulopa - akā ʻaʻole lawa ka ʻike. (Ka moʻolelo a ka mea kākau: no ka mea e ulu ana kēia ʻano i nā wahi like me ka chanterelle hoʻopunipuni, hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo aku ua ʻike pinepine au iā ia)
He elliptical, pā mānoanoa, 5–7 × 3–4 μm, dextrinoid (ʻulaʻula-ʻulaʻula me ka mea hoʻoponopono a Meltzer).
ʻO ke ʻano o ka ʻili o ka pāpale e like me ka ʻoki lauoho me ka "hedgehog". ʻO ka hyphae ma ka ʻaoʻao o waho ua kokoke like kekahi i kekahi a kū pololei i ka ʻili o ka pāpale, a ʻekolu ʻano kēia hyphae: mānoanoa, me nā paia mānoanoa a me ke kala ʻole; filiform; a me ka maʻiʻo ʻeleʻele gula.
E like me ka chanterelle wahaheʻe (Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca), ua manaʻo ʻia ka ʻaha e hiki ke ʻai ʻia, me nā ʻano meaʻai haʻahaʻa.
Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka chanterelle hoʻopunipuni Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca ma ka loaʻa ʻole o nā unahi ʻeleʻele ma ka pāpale; nā spores pā lahilahi 6.4–8.0 × 4.0–5.2 µm ka nui; a me ka ili o ka papale, i hanaia e ka hyphae, i kulike me kona ili.