Entolomataceae

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

Clitocella
Clitopilopsis
Clitopilus
Entocybe
Entoloma
Rhodocybe
Rhodophana

Synonyms

Clitopilaceae

nom. inval.

Jugasporaceae
nom. inval.

Rhodogoniosporaceae
nom. inval.

Rhodophyllaceae Singer (1951)
nom. illegit.

The Entolomataceae are a

saprotrophic
, though a few are parasitic on other fungi. The family occurs worldwide.

Taxonomy

The family Entolomataceae was first introduced in 1972 by the Czech

illegitimate because it is based on the illegitimate genus Rhodophyllus which includes (and is therefore a superfluous synonym of) the earlier and legitimate name Entoloma.[3] The family is well defined by its distinctive spore morphology, formed by a unique type of spore-wall thickening called the "epicorium",[2] and by recent DNA studies.[4][2]

Genera

Many different internal classifications of the Entolomataceae have been proposed. In 1871, German mycologist

polyphyletic
(artificial).

The current view is that Entolomataceae with angular spores should either all be classified in the genus

monophyletic (natural) group,[2] or split between Entoloma and the smaller, basal group Entocybe.[5] Species with longitudinally ridged spores are classified in Clitopilus. Species with nodulose spores are classified in Rhodocybe or Rhodophana. Species with obscurely nodulose spores (appearing almost smooth under a microscope) are classified in Clitocella or Clitopilopsis.[6]

See list of Entolomataceae genera for a table of the main genera into which the family was formerly divided.

Distribution

The family has a

tropical climates.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  2. ^
    scanning electron micrographs allowing the shapes of Entoloma spores and Rhodocybe spores to be compared. See also this web page by M. Noordeloos Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
    which summarizes the information from the paper.
  3. ^ Kotlába, F.; Pouzar, Z., 1972, Ceská Mykologie 26(4): 218
  4. PMID 17486974. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2016-03-03.
  5. (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
  6. .
  7. ^ Cannon PF, Kirk PM. (2007). Fungal families of the world. CABI Publishing. 456 pp.

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