Entolomataceae

Entolomataceae
Entoloma sinuatum, Italy
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Entolomataceae
Kotl. & Pouzar (1972)
Type genus
Entoloma
(Fr.) P.Kumm.(1871)
Genera

Clitocella
Clitopilopsis
Clitopilus
Entocybe
Entoloma
Rhodocybe
Rhodophana

Synonyms

Clitopilaceae P.D. Orton (1960) nom. inval.
Jugasporaceae Singer (1936) nom. inval.
Rhodogoniosporaceae R. Heim (1934) nom. inval.
Rhodophyllaceae Singer (1951) nom. illegit.

The Entolomataceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. The family contains eight genera and 2250 species, the majority of which are in Entoloma.[1][2] Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are typically agaricoid (mushrooms with gills), but a minority are cyphelloid. secotioid, or gasteroid. All produce pink basidiospores that are variously angular (polyhedral), ridged, or nodulose. Species are mostly saprotrophic, though a few are parasitic on other fungi. The family occurs worldwide.

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