Cystolepiota | |
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Cystolepiota seminuda | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Agaricaceae |
Genus: |
Cystolepiota Singer (1952) |
Type species | |
Cystolepiota constricta Singer (1952)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Cystolepiota is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Agaricaceae.
The genus was circumscribed by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1952, who originally included three species: C. brunneotingens, C. luteifolia, and the type species C. constricta. [3]
As of January 2016 [update], Index Fungorum lists 43 species in Cystolepiota: [4]