Chromocyphellaceae

Chromocyphellaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Chromocyphellaceae
Genera

Chromocyphella
Phaeosolenia

The Chromocyphellaceae is a family of basidiomycete fungi described by Petersen et al. (2010).[1]

Taxonomy

The family comprises the two genera Chromocyphella and Phaeosolenia, which previously belonged to the Inocybaceae, based on molecular evidence.[1]

Morphology

Characteristic features of the family includes cyphelloid carpophores and brown, smooth or verrucose spores with germ pores or some callus formation.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Petersen G, Knudsen H, Seberg O (2010). "Alignment, clade robustness and fungal phylogenetics — Crepidotaceae and sister families revisited". Cladistics 26: 62–71. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00279.x.

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