Pluteaceae

Pluteaceae
Pluteus cervinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Pluteaceae
Kotl. & Pouzar (1972)
Type genus
Pluteus
Fr. (1836)
Genera

Chamaeota
Pluteus
Volvariella
Volvopluteus

The Pluteaceae are a family of small to medium-sized mushrooms which have free gill attachment and pink spores. Members of Pluteaceae can be mistaken for members of Entolomatacae but can be distinguished by their angled spores and attached gills. The four genera in the Pluteaceae include the widely distributed Volvariella and Pluteus, the rare Chamaeota, and Volvopluteus, newly described in 2011 as a result of molecular analysis.[1] The Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008) estimates there are 364 species in the family.[2]

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Selected species

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References

  1. ^ Justo, A.; Vizzini A.; Minnis A.M.; Menolli Jr., N.; Capelari, M.; Rodríguez, O.; Malysheva, E.; Contu, M.; Ghignone, S; Hibbett, D.S. (2011). "Phylogeny of the Pluteaceae (Agaricales, Basidiomycota): Taxonomy and character evolution". Fungal Biology 115 (1): 1–20. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2010.09.012. PMID 21215950. 
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 550. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 

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