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Macrocybe
Sign in to saveMacrocybe is a genus of fungi in the family Callistosporiaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are agarics (gilled mushrooms) and were previously referred to Tricholoma, but are all large, whitish, and saprotrophic (Tricholoma species are ectomycorrhizal). Recent molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, has shown that the genus is a natural, monophyletic grouping, though the status of several species is uncertain. Macrocybe species have a tropical to subtropical distribution.
Species
American titan
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderAgaricales
- FamilyCallistosporiaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 15
- Family
- Callistosporiaceae
- Collections
- IB-CUCBA-UDG, FH, MEL, NY, UFSM, F
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Brasil, Costa Rica, Madagascar
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Tricholomataceae
- Image
- Macrocybe crassa (Sacc.) Pegler & Lodge 768208.jpg
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- taxon author citation
- Pegler & Lodge
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Macrocybe
- Commons category
- Macrocybe
- taxonomic type
- Macrocybe titans
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Description
- Habitat
- Edibility
- Species
- References
- See also
Macrocybe is a genus of fungi in the family Callistosporiaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are agarics (gilled mushrooms) and were previously referred to Tricholoma, but are all large, whitish, and saprotrophic (Tricholoma species are ectomycorrhizal). Recent molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, has shown that the genus is a natural, monophyletic grouping, though the status of several species is uncertain. Macrocybe species have a tropical to subtropical distribution.
The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words makros "long" and kube "head".
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