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 ...
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mushroom
A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing Sporocarp (fungi), fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or another food source. ''Toadstool'' generally refers to a poisonous mushroom.
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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 ...
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family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
Amanitaceae in orderAgaricales. Some of the species have been classified as members of genus '' Lepiota''. ''Limacella'' was described by mycologist Franklin Sumner Earle in 1909.
In some older classification schemes, ''Limacella'' has alternatively been placed in family Pluteaceae. The species formerly classified in the genus ''Limacella'' are now placed in 4 genera; '' Catatrama'', '' Limacellopsis'', ''Limacella'', and '' Zhuliangomyces''.