''Britzelmayria'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

fungi A fungus (plural, : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of Eukaryote, eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and Mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified ...

in the family

Psathyrellaceae The Psathyrellaceae are a family of dark-spored agarics that generally have rather soft, fragile fruiting bodies, and are characterized by black, dark brown, rarely reddish, or even pastel-colored spore prints. About 50% of species produce frui ...

Taxonomy

The ''Britzelmayria'' genus was created in 2020 by the German mycologists

Dieter Wächter Dieter or dieter may refer to: * A person committed to dieting People Dieter is a German given name (), a short form of Dietrich, from ''theod+ric'' "people ruler", see Theodoric. Given name *Dieter Althaus (born 1958), German politician ...

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when the ''Psathyrellaceae'' family was subdivided based on

phylogenetic In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek φυλή/ φῦλον [] "tribe, clan, race", and wikt:γενετικός, γενετικός [] "origin, source, birth") is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups o ...

analysis. Two members of the ''

Psathyrella ''Psathyrella'' is a large genus of about 400 species, and is similar to the genera ''Coprinellus'', '' Coprinopsis'', '' Coprinus'' and '' Panaeolus'', usually with a thin cap and white or yellowish white hollow stem. The caps do not self diges ...

'' genus were reclassified as ''Britzelmayria''. The

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, ''

Britzelmayria supernula ''Britzelmayria'' is a genus of fungi in the family Psathyrellaceae. Taxonomy The ''Britzelmayria'' genus was created in 2020 by the German mycologists Dieter Wächter & Andreas Melzer when the ''Psathyrellaceae'' family was subdivided based ...

'' was previously classified as ''Psathyrella supernula.''

Etymology

The genus is named after the German mycologist

Max Britzelmayria Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) (1 ...

, who originally classified the type species as ''Agaricus supernulus'' in 1883.

Species

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q105125837 Agaricales genera Britzelmayria