''Neopaxillus'' 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
Crepidotaceae. According to the ''Dictionary of the Fungi'' (10th edition, 2008), the family contains five
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), ...
found in Central and South America;
a sixth, ''
N. dominicanus'', was reported in 2011. It was formerly considered to belong in the family
Serpulaceae
The Serpulaceae are a family of fungi in the Boletales order. According to the ''Dictionary of the Fungi'' (10th edition, 2008), the family contains 4 genera and 20 species. However, a molecular phylogenetics study showed that the genus '' Neopax ...
in the order
Boletales
The Boletales are an order of Agaricomycetes containing over 1300 species with a diverse array of fruiting body types. The boletes are the best known members of this group, and until recently, the Boletales were thought to only contain boletes. ...
, but
molecular
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analysis showed that ''Neopaxillus'' is better placed in the
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 ...
as a
sister group
In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree.
Definition
The expression is most easily illustrated by a cladogram:
Taxon A and ...
to ''
Crepidotus'' (of the family Crepidotaceae).
See also
*
List of Agaricales genera
This is a list of fungal genus, genera in the order (biology), order Agaricales. The list follows Kalichman, Kirk & Matheny (2020), with more recent additions and amendments, as noted. The number of species in each family is taken from Catalogue of ...
References
Crepidotaceae
Agaricales genera
Taxa named by Rolf Singer
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