Chamaeota is a genus in the Pluteaceae family of small- to medium-sized mushrooms. They have a central stipe, free gills, smooth pink spores, and a partial veil that usually forms an annulus (ring) on the stipe. Chamaeota can be distinguished from Volvariella by its lack of a volva and from Entolomataceae by its free gills and smooth spores.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Pluteaceae |
| Genus: | Chamaeota (W.G.Sm.) Earle (1909) |
| Type species | |
| Chamaeota xanthogramma (Ces.) Earle (1909)
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Members of Chamaeota are extremely rare. Most species are tropical but at least two species exist in the United States.
The type species is Chamaeota xanthogramma (Ces.) Earle [as 'xanthogrammus'] (1909).
Notable species edit
- Chamaeota broadwayi Murrill (1911)
- Chamaeota dextrinoidespora Z.S. Bi (1988)
- Chamaeota fenzlii (Schulzer) Singer (1979) (eq Pluteus fenzlii)
- Chamaeota insignis (Cooke & Massee) Pegler (1965)
- Chamaeota longipes Wichanský (1967)
- Chamaeota sinica J.Z. Ying (1995)
- Chamaeota sphaerospora (eq Pluteus mammillatus)
- Chamaeota subolivascens Courtec. (1991)
- Chamaeota tropica Pegler (1983)
- Chamaeota xanthogramma (Ces.) Earle (1909)
External links edit
- Photographs of Chamaeota sphaerospora
- Annulate Pluteus species: a study of the genus Chamaeota in the United States.
- TAXON info for Chamaeota[permanent dead link]
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