Squamanitaceae

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Squamanitaceae
Cystoderma amianthinum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Squamanitaceae
Jülich (1981)
Type genus
Squamanita
Imbach (1946)
Genera

Cystoderma
Dissoderma
Floccularia
Leucopholiota
Phaeolepiota

Synonyms

The Squamanitaceae are a

agarics (gilled mushrooms). Species in two genera, Dissoderma and Squamanita
, are parasitic on other agarics. Members of the Squamanitaceae are found worldwide.

Taxonomy

The family was first proposed in 1981 by Dutch

References