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Omphalina
Sign in to saveOmphalina is a genus of small agarics with white, nonamyloid, basidiospores and decurrent gills. Typically the cap has a deep central depression giving the umbrella-like to funnel-shaped cap the appearance of a belly button, or a belly with a navel. Similarly-shaped agarics are said to be omphalinoid in appearance.
Species
Genus
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderAgaricales
- FamilyTricholomataceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,363
- With media
- 636
- Family
- Gastrodontidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, WIS, USU, OSC, NY, CAS
- Recorded in
- France, Italy, United States, Venezuela, Mauritius, Mexico, Colombia
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Historical nomenclatural confusion
- Phylogenetic redefinition
- Biology
- Reclassified and excluded former Omphalinas
- Species
- See also
- References
Omphalina is a genus of small agarics with white, nonamyloid, basidiospores and decurrent gills. Typically the cap has a deep central depression giving the umbrella-like to funnel-shaped cap the appearance of a belly button, or a belly with a navel. Similarly-shaped agarics are said to be omphalinoid in appearance.
==Etymology== Omphalina is the diminutive of Omphalia which is a reference to the belly button or navel-like appearance of the small dome-shaped caps with a central depression. It derives from the Greek word omphalos.
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