Tricholomataceae

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iTricholomataceae
Tricholoma scalpuratum in a park near Paris, France.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Homobasidiomycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Tricholomataceae
Genera
Armillaria Baeospora Caulorhiza Clitocybe Collybia Marasmius Mycena Pleurotus Tricholoma

The Tricholomataceae is a large family of Fungi within the basidiomycetes.

• Is distinguished by white spores, and adnate hymenium.
• Contains the genera Pleurotus, Lepista, Mycena Tricholomopsis and Tricholoma, among others.

Some authorities consider the members of Hygrophoraceae to lie within this family, while others deem it a separate family.

[edit] References

• C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell et. al., Introductory Mycology, 4^th ed. (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004) ISBN: 0-471-52229-5