The family was originally described in 1985 by German
mycologist Andreas Bresinsky to accommodate the genus Omphalotus (including Lampteromyces) based on anatomical and morphological characters which he considered distinctive. He placed the family within the
Boletales.[3] Subsequent
molecular research, based on
cladistic analysis of
DNA sequences, indicated, however, that Omphalotus belonged within the Agaricales.[4] Moreover, the genus formed a
monophyleticclade with a much larger group of fungi, many of which were formerly placed in the
Marasmiaceae. The earliest name for this clade is the Omphalotaceae.[4][5]
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