Agaricaceae

Agaricaceae
Temporal range: Burdigalian–recent
[1]
Agaricus campestris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Chevall. (1826)
Type genus
Agaricus
L. (1756)
Genera

85; See text

The Agaricaceae are a family of basidiomycete fungi and includes the genus Agaricus, as well as basidiomycetes previously classified in the families Tulostomataceae, Lepiotaceae, and Lycoperdaceae. The genus contains 85 genera and 1340 species.[2]

Genera

Genera Leucoagaricus and Leucocoprinus are known to be cultivated by fungus-growing ants in ant-fungus mutualism.[3] The extinct genus Coprinites is one of four known agaricalean genera in the fossil record.[4]

The family currently includes the following genera:

See also

References

  1. ^ Poinar, G.; Singer, R. (1990). "Upper Eocene gilled mushroom from the Dominican Republic". Science 248 (4959): 1099–1101. doi:10.1126/science.248.4959.1099. PMID 17733372. 
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi. 10th ed. Wallingford: CABI. p. 11. ISBN 0-85199-826-7. 
  3. ^ B. Hölldobler & E.O. Wilson (2009). The superorganism: the beauty, elegance, and strangeness of insect societies. New York NY: W. W. Norton & Company. 
  4. ^ hibbet, D.S.; et al (2003). "Another Fossil Agaric from Dominican Amber". Mycologia 95 (4): 685–687. doi:10.2307/3761943. JSTOR 3761943. PMID 21148976. 
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