Gymnopaxillus

Gymnopaxillus is a genus of fungi in the family Serpulaceae. According to the "Dictionary of the Fungi" (10th edition, 2008), the family contains four species found in temperate South America and Australia. "Gymnopaxillus" was circumscribed by mycologist Egon Horak in 1966 with "G. morchelliformis" as the type species. "G. crubensis", described from Argentina, was added in 1989, while the Australasian species "G. nudus" and
"G. vestitus" were added to the genus in 2001.