''Cystinarius'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
fungi
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
in the family
Cortinariaceae.
Taxonomy
The genus was created in 2022 when the family Cortinariaceae, which previously contained only the one genus of ''
Cortinarius
''Cortinarius'' is a globally distributed genus of fungus in the family Cortinariaceae. Its members are commonly known by the names cortinar and webcap. It is suspected to be the largest genus of agarics, containing over 2,000 widespread species ...
'' was reclassified based on genomic data and split into the genera of ''Cortinarius'', ''
Aureonarius'', ''
Austrocortinarius'', ''
Calonarius'', ''Cystinarius'', ''
Hygronarius
''Hygronarius'' is a genus of fungi
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms ...
'', ''
Mystinarius'', ''
Phlegmacium'', ''
Thaxterogaster'' and ''
Volvanarius
''Volvanarius'' is a genus of fungi in the family Cortinariaceae.
Taxonomy
The genus was created in 2022 when the family Cortinariaceae, which previously contained only the one genus of ''Cortinarius'' was reclassified based on genomic data ...
''.
The genus is further divided with subgenus and section classifications:
* ''Cystinarius'' subgenus ''Cystinarius'' includes the section: ''Cystinarius''.
* ''Cystinarius'' subgenus ''Crassi'' includes the section: ''Crassi''.
Etymology
The name ''Cystinarius'' derives from
cystidia
A cystidium (: cystidia) is a relatively large cell found on the sporocarp of a basidiomycete (for example, on the surface of a mushroom gill), often between clusters of basidia. Since cystidia have highly varied and distinct shapes that are o ...
and ''Cortinarius''. This is in reference to the cystidia found in this genus.
Species
As of January 2023,
Species Fungorum
''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to index all formal names (Binomial nomenclature, scientific names) in the fungus Kingdom (biology), kingdom. As of 2015, the project is based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, one of three partn ...
lists six accepted species of ''Cystinarius''.
# ''
Cystinarius crassus
''Cystinarius'' is a genus of fungi in the family Cortinariaceae.
Taxonomy
The genus was created in 2022 when the family Cortinariaceae, which previously contained only the one genus of ''Cortinarius'' was reclassified based on genomic data a ...
''
(Fr.) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
# ''
Cystinarius eutactus
''Cystinarius'' is a genus of fungi in the family Cortinariaceae.
Taxonomy
The genus was created in 2022 when the family Cortinariaceae, which previously contained only the one genus of ''Cortinarius'' was reclassified based on genomic data ...
''
(Soop) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
# ''
Cystinarius paurigarhwalensis''
(Semwal, Dima & Soop) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
# ''
Cystinarius rubicundulus
''Cystinarius'' is a genus of fungi in the family Cortinariaceae.
Taxonomy
The genus was created in 2022 when the family Cortinariaceae, which previously contained only the one genus of ''Cortinarius'' was reclassified based on genomic data ...
''
(Rea) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
# ''
Cystinarius rubiginosus''
(Ammirati, Bojantchev, Niskanen & Liimat.) Liimat. & Niskanen (2022)
# ''
Cystinarius subgemmeus
''Cystinarius'' is a genus of fungi in the family Cortinariaceae.
Taxonomy
The genus was created in 2022 when the family Cortinariaceae, which previously contained only the one genus of ''Cortinarius'' was reclassified based on genomic data ...
''
(Soop) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
References
Agaricales genera
Cortinariaceae
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