The Marasmiaceae are 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 ...

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 Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood ...

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 ...

Basidiocarps In fungi, a basidiocarp, basidiome, or basidioma () is the sporocarp of a basidiomycete, the multicellular structure on which the spore-producing hymenium is borne. Basidiocarps are characteristic of the hymenomycetes; rusts and smuts do no ...

(fruit bodies) are most frequently

agarics An agaric () is a type of fungal fruiting body characterized by the presence of a pileus (cap) that is clearly differentiated from the stipe (stalk), with lamellae (gills) on the underside of the pileus. It is a type of mushroom (or toadstool), ...

(gilled mushrooms), but occasionally

cyphelloid The cyphelloid fungi are a polyphyletic group of fungi in the Basidiomycota that have disc-, tube-, or cup-shaped basidiocarps (fruit bodies), resembling species of discomycetes (or "cup fungi") in the Ascomycota. They were originally referred to ...

(in the genus '' Cellypha''). According to a 2008 estimate, the family contained 54

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 1590

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

, but

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research, based on

cladistic Cladistics ( ; from Ancient Greek 'branch') is an approach to biological classification in which organisms are categorized in groups ("clades") based on hypotheses of most recent common ancestry. The evidence for hypothesized relationships is ...

analysis of

DNA sequences A nucleic acid sequence is a succession of bases within the nucleotides forming alleles within a DNA (using GACT) or RNA (GACU) molecule. This succession is denoted by a series of a set of five different letters that indicate the order of the ...

, has led to a more restricted family concept, so that the Marasmiaceae included just 13 genera, and some 1205 species. It was reduced further down in 2020, to 10 genera and about 700 species.

Genera

As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020; *''

Amyloflagellula ''Amyloflagellula'' is a genus of fungi in the family Marasmiaceae The Marasmiaceae are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order (biology), order Agaricales. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are most frequently agarics (gilled mushrooms), bu ...

'' (4) *''

Brunneocorticium ''Brunneocorticium'' is a genus of fungi which following DNA analysis has been placed in the family Omphalotaceae. The genus, described in 2007, contains two corticioid species and one species (''B. corynecarpon'') which does not seem to have any ...

'' (1) *'' Campanella'' (ca. 39) *''

Chaetocalathus ''Chaetocalathus'' is a genus of fungus in the mushroom family Marasmiaceae The Marasmiaceae are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order (biology), order Agaricales. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are most frequently agarics (gilled mushr ...

'' (ca. 20) *''

Crinipellis ''Crinipellis'' is a genus of fungus in the family Marasmiaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 65 species. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French mycologist Narcisse Théophile Patouillard Narcisse Théop ...

'' (ca. 65) *''

Hymenogloea ''Hymenogloea'' is a fungal genus in the family Marasmiaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species ''Hymenogloea riofrioi'', found in tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the equator, where the sun may s ...

'' (1) *''

Marasmius ''Marasmius'' is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Marasmiaceae. It contains about 500 species of agarics, of which a few, such as '' Marasmius oreades'', are edible. However, most members of this genus are small, unimpressiv ...

'' (ca. 600) *''

Moniliophthora ''Moniliophthora'' is a genus of fungi in the family Marasmiaceae. The genus was described in 1978 with '' M. roreri'' as the type species. This fungus, formerly known as ''Monilia roreri'', causes frosty pod rot, a serious disease of ''The ...

'' (7) *''

Neocampanella ''Neocampanella'' is a genus of fungus in the family Marasmiaceae. The genus is monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does n ...

'' (1) *''

Tetrapyrgos ''Tetrapyrgos'' is a genus of fungi in the mushroom family Marasmiaceae The Marasmiaceae are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order (biology), order Agaricales. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are most frequently agarics (gilled mushrooms) ...

'' (18)

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q544997

Marasmiaceae The Marasmiaceae are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order (biology), order Agaricales. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are most frequently agarics (gilled mushrooms), but occasionally cyphelloid (in the genus ''Cellypha''). According to a ...

Genera

See also

References