Marasmiaceae

Marasmiaceae
Marasmius rotula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Marasmiaceae
Roze ex Kühner (1980)
Type genus
Marasmius
Fr. (1835)
Diversity
Over 50 genera, 1500+ species.
Synonyms[1]

Omphalotaceae Bresinsky 1985

The Marasmiaceae are a family of basidiomycete fungi which have white spores. They mostly have tough stems and the capability of shrivelling up during a dry period and later recovering. The widely consumed edible fungus Lentinula edodes, the shiitake mushroom, is a member of this family. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 54 genera and 1590 species.[2]

The family Omphalotaceae, described by A. Bresinsky in 1985[3] as a segregate from the Tricholomataceae, is currently considered synonymous with Marasmiaceae.[1] Genera formerly included in that family (including Anthracophyllum, Gymnopus, Lentinula, Marasmiellus, Mycetinis, Rhodocollybia, Omphalotus) are now classified in the Marasmiaceae.

Genera

Further information: List of Marasmiaceae genera

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Kirk et al., 2008, p. 481.
  2. Kirk et al., 2008, p. 401.
  3. Kämmerer A, Besl H, Bresinsky A. (1985). Omphalotaceae fam. nov. und Paxillaceae, ein chemotaxonomischer Vergleich zwier Pilzfamilien der Boletales. Pl. Syst. Evol. 150:101–17.
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