Hymenogastraceae

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Hymenogastraceae
Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata
Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genera

Hymenogaster
Timgrovea

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The Hymenogastraceae is a family of basidiomycete fungi in the Agaricales class.

The hallucinogenic members of the Psilocybe genus form a clade that is sister to Galerina in the Hymenogastraceae, however they have not yet been formally transferred. [1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Matheny PB, et al. 2006. Major clades of Agaricales: a multi-locus phylogenetic overview. Mycologia 98:982–995.
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