Chromocyphellaceae
The Chromocyphellaceae are a family of basidiomycete fungi described by mycologist Henning Knudsen in 2010.[1]
Chromocyphellaceae | |
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Chromocyphella muscicola | |
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Family: | Chromocyphellaceae Knudsen (2010) |
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Chromocyphella De Toni & Levi (1888) | |
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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 fruitbodies and brown, smooth or verrucose spores with germ pores or some callus formation.[1]
References
- Petersen G, Knudsen H, Seberg O (2010). "Alignment, clade robustness and fungal phylogenetics — Crepidotaceae and sister families revisited". Cladistics. 26 (1): 62–71. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00279.x. S2CID 84495351.
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