Chromocyphellaceae

The Chromocyphellaceae are a family of basidiomycete fungi described by mycologist Henning Knudsen in 2010.[1]

Chromocyphellaceae
"Chromocyphella muscicola"
Chromocyphella muscicola
Scientific classification
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Chromocyphellaceae

Knudsen (2010)
Type genus
Chromocyphella
De Toni & Levi (1888)
Genera

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

  1. 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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