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Lyophyllaceae
Sign in to saveThe Lyophyllaceae is a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. A 2008 estimate indicated eight genera and 157 species; , the Catalog of Life lists 13 genera in the family. The taxon was originally circumscribed in 1938 by mycologist Robert Kühner as the tribe Lyophylleae (in the family Tricholomataceae), but raised to the taxonomic rank of family and renamed the Lyophyllaceae by Walter Jülich in 1981.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderAgaricales
- FamilyLyophyllaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- Family
- Lyophyllaceae
- Collections
- TENN-F, UCSC, MEL, CORT, UFPB
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia, Brasil
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Genera
- Lyophyllaceae ''sensu stricto''
- Lyophyllaceae ''sensu lato''
- See also
- References
- External links
The Lyophyllaceae is a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. A 2008 estimate indicated eight genera and 157 species; , the Catalog of Life lists 13 genera in the family. The taxon was originally circumscribed in 1938 by mycologist Robert Kühner as the tribe Lyophylleae (in the family Tricholomataceae), but raised to the taxonomic rank of family and renamed the Lyophyllaceae by Walter Jülich in 1981.
Some species are popular as edible fungi, such as the brown beech mushroom Hypsizygus tessulatus, the St. George's mushroom Calocybe gambosa, and Lyophyllum shimeji.
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