Hygrophoraceae

Hygrophoraceae
Hygrophorus eburneus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Lotsy (1907)[1]
Type genus
Hygrophorus
Fr. (1836)
Genera

Acantholichen
Aeruginospora
Ampulloclitocybe
Aphroditeola
Arrhenia
Cantharellula
Cantharocybe
Chromosera
Chrysomphalina
Cora
Corella[2]
Cuphophyllus
Cyphellostereum
Dictyonema
Eonema
Gliophorus
Gloioxanthomyces
Haasiella
Hygroaster
Hygrocybe
Hygrophorus
Humidicutis
Lichenomphalia
Neohygrocybe
Porpolomopsis
Pseudoarmillariella
Semiomphalina

The Hygrophoraceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. Originally conceived as containing white-spored, thick-gilled agarics (gilled mushrooms), including Hygrophorus and Hygrocybe species (the waxcaps or waxy caps), DNA evidence has extended the limits of the family, so it now contains not only agarics, but also basidiolichens and corticioid fungi. Species are thus diverse and are variously ectomycorrhizal, lichenized, associated with mosses, or saprotrophic. The family contains 34 genera and over 1000 species.[3] None is of any great economic importance, though fruit bodies of some Hygrocybe and Hygrophorus species are considered edible and may be collected for sale in local markets.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Lotsy 1907 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Lücking 2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Hygrophoraceae | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2023-06-30.