Myochromella
Sign in to saveMyochromella is a mushroom genus in the family Lyophyllaceae that has been segregated from both Lyophyllum and Tephrocybe using molecular analyses and was first informally labelled clade 'mycochromella' or section 'Tephrophana p.p.' before being recognized as a genus. The species resemble grey colored Collybias and grow in forests.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderAgaricales
- FamilyLyophyllaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8
- Family
- Lyophyllaceae
- Collections
- TENN-F, UCSC, OSC
- Recorded in
- United States
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- Parent taxon
- Lyophyllaceae
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- Myochromella inolens illustr.jpg
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- Myochromella
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- Myochromella inolens
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Myochromella is a mushroom genus in the family Lyophyllaceae that has been segregated from both Lyophyllum and Tephrocybe using molecular analyses and was first informally labelled clade 'mycochromella' or section 'Tephrophana p.p.' before being recognized as a genus. The species resemble grey colored Collybias and grow in forests.
==Etymology== The name Myochromella is coined from Greek in reference to - (mouse), - (color) and Latin suffix - (small), hence "little mouse color".
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