| Cystodermella | |
|---|---|
| Cystodermella cinnabarina | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Cystodermella Harmaja |
| Type species | |
| Cystodermella granulosa (Batsch) Harmaja |
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Cystodermella is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae.
The genus comprises approximately 12 species, noted for producing agaric fruiting bodies, bearing a cap, white gills and stem with a fine, ephemeral ring. The genus was devised by Harmaja in 2002, dividing the older genus Cystoderma into three independent genera: Cystoderma, Ripartitella and Cystodermella largely on the basis of microscopic differences. Cystodermella species bear non-amyloid spores and sometimes cystidia. The spores, in contrast to Ripartitella are not echinulate.
Species of the genus have a saprotrophic mode of nutrition, and occur around the world.
Below is an incomplete list of Cystodermella species.