| Marasmiaceae | |
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| Marasmius rotula | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Marasmiaceae Roze ex Kühner (1980) |
| Type genus | |
| Marasmius Fr. (1835) |
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| Diversity | |
| Over 50 genera, 1500+ species. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Omphalotaceae Bresinsky 1985 |
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The Marasmiaceae are a family of basidiomycete fungi which have white spores. They mostly have a tough stem and the capability of shrivelling up during a dry period and later recovering. The widely consumed edible fungus Lentinula edodes, the Shiitake mushroom, is a member of this family. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 54 genera and 1590 species.[2]
The family Omphalataceae, described by Bresinsky in 1985[3] as a segregate from the Tricholomataceae, is currently considered synonymous with Marasmiaceae.[1] Genera formerly included in that family (including Anthracophyllum, Gymnopus, Lentinula, Marasmiellus, Mycetinis, Rhodocollybia, Omphalotus) are now classified in the Marasmiaceae.
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