''Tulosesus'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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in the family
Psathyrellaceae
The Psathyrellaceae are a family of dark-spored agarics that generally have rather soft, fragile fruiting bodies, and are characterized by black, dark brown, rarely reddish, or even pastel-colored spore prints. About 50% of species produce frui ...
.
Taxonomy
The ''Tulosesus'' genus was created in 2020 by the German mycologists
Dieter Wächter
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* A person committed to dieting
People
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&
Andreas Melzer
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when the
Psathyrellaceae
The Psathyrellaceae are a family of dark-spored agarics that generally have rather soft, fragile fruiting bodies, and are characterized by black, dark brown, rarely reddish, or even pastel-colored spore prints. About 50% of species produce frui ...
family was subdivided based on
phylogenetic
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analysis.
Many members of the ''
Coprinellus
''Coprinellus'' is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Psathyrellaceae. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish mycologist Petter Adolf Karsten in 1879. Most ''Coprinellus'' species were transferred from the once large genus '' Co ...
'' genus were reclassified as ''Tulosesus''. The
type species
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, ''
Tulosesus callinus
''Tulosesus callinus'' is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Psathyrellaceae.
Taxonomy
It was first described as ''Coprinus callinus'' by mycologists Morten Lange and Alexander H. Smith in 1952.
In 2001 a phylogenetic stu ...
'' was previously classified as ''Coprinellus callinus.''
Etymology
This genus name is an anagram of setulosus,
Latin for having coarse hair or bristles.
Species
,
Index Fungorum
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accepted 39 species of ''Tulosesus''.
See also
* ''
Coprinellus
''Coprinellus'' is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Psathyrellaceae. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish mycologist Petter Adolf Karsten in 1879. Most ''Coprinellus'' species were transferred from the once large genus '' Co ...
''
References
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Agaricales genera
Psathyrellaceae