The Lyophyllaceae is a
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 ...
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 order
Agaricales
The Agaricales are an order (biology), order of fungi in the division (mycology), division Basidiomycota. As originally conceived, the order contained all the agarics (gilled mushrooms), but subsequent research has shown that not all agarics are ...
. A 2008 estimate indicated eight
genera
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...
and 157 species;
, the
Catalog of Life lists 13 genera in the family.
Lyophyllaceae was
circumscribed by mycologist
Walter Jülich in 1981.
Some species are popular as edible fungi, such as the brown beech mushroom ''
Hypsizygus tessulatus'' and ''
Lyophyllum shimeji''.
Genera
The family currently includes the following genera:
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Asterophora''
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Blastosporella''
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Calocybe''
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Calocybella''
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Gerhardtia''
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Hypsizygus''
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Lyophyllopsis''
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Lyophyllum''
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Myochromella''
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Ossicaulis''
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Rugosomyces''
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Sagaranella''
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Tephrocybe''
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Tephrocybella''
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Termitomyces''
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Termitosphaera''
See also
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List of Agaricales families
References
External links
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Agaricales families
Taxa named by Walter Jülich
Taxa described in 1981
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