Lyophyllaceae

The Lyophyllaceae is a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. A 2008 estimate indicated eight genera and 157 species;[1] as of November 2014, the Catalog of Life lists 13 genera in the family.[2] Lyophyllaceae was circumscribed by mycologist Walter Jülich in 1981.[3]

Lyophyllaceae
Lyophyllum decastes, also known as the 'fried chicken mushroom' (Not to be confused with chicken of the woods)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Lyophyllaceae
Jülich (1981)
Type genus
Lyophyllum
P.Karst. (1881)
Genera

Arthromyces
Asterophora
Blastosporella
Caesposus
Calocybe
Gerhardtia
Hypsizygus
Lyophyllopsis
Lyophyllum
Myochromella
Ossicaulis
Rugosomyces
Sagaranella
Sphagnurus
Tephrocybe
Termitomyces
Termitosphaera
Tricholomella

See also

References
  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 395. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
  2. "Search for: "Lyophyllaceae"". Catalog of Life. Species 2000 and Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
  3. Jülich W. Higher taxa of Basidiomycetes. Bibliotheca Mycologica. 85. Cramer. p. 378. ISBN 978-3768213240.


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