Crepidotaceae

The Crepidotaceae are a family of basidiomycete fungi.

Crepidotaceae
Crepidotus variabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Crepidotaceae
Fr., 1863
Genera

Crepidotus
Episphaeria?
Neopaxillus[1]
Pleuroflammula
Ramicola
Simocybe

Taxonomic Details

The Crepidotaceae have recently undergone a revision based on phylogenetic analyses.[2] The following characters are typical of this family:

  • saprotrophic on woody or herbaceous matter
  • gymnocarpic (having the hymenium open and attached to the surface of the thallus)
  • spore prints that are pale yellow to brown
  • simple cuticle (although some may have pileocystidia)
  • cheilocystidia always present
  • spores entire, smooth or ornamented but never angular or reticulate

References


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