Callistosporium

Callistosporium
Callistosporium purpureomarginatum, USA
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Callistosporiaceae
Genus: Callistosporium
Singer (1944)[1]
Type species
Callistosporium palmarum
(Murrill) Singer (1944)
Synonyms

Pleurocollybia Singer (1947)

Callistosporium is a genus of fungi in the order Agaricales. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are agarics (gilled mushrooms), either with a central stipe (stalk) or pleurotoid (with a lateral stipe). The latter group were formerly referred to Pleurocollybia. Recent molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, has shown that the genus is a natural, monophyletic grouping, though not all species have yet been sequenced.[2] Species are saprotrophic, typically growing on wood, and the genus is found worldwide.

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