Chromocyphellaceae

Family of fungi

Chromocyphellaceae
"Chromocyphella muscicola"
Chromocyphella muscicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Chromocyphellaceae

Knudsen (2010)
Type genus
Chromocyphella
De Toni & Levi (1888)
Genera
  • Chromocyphella
  • Phaeosolenia

The Chromocyphellaceae are a family of basidiomycete fungi described by mycologist Henning Knudsen in 2010.[1]

Taxonomy

The family comprises the two genera Chromocyphella and Phaeosolenia, which previously belonged to the Inocybaceae, based on molecular evidence.[1]

Morphology

Characteristic features of the family includes cyphelloid fruitbodies and brown, smooth or verrucose spores with germ pores or some callus formation.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Petersen G, Knudsen H, Seberg O (2010). "Alignment, clade robustness and fungal phylogenetics — Crepidotaceae and sister families revisited". Cladistics. 26 (1): 62–71. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00279.x. PMID 34875756. S2CID 84495351.
  • Chromocyphellaceae in MycoBank.
Taxon identifiers
Chromocyphellaceae


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