Chlorolepiota is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. It is characterized by mushrooms with a macrolepiotoid habit, a pruinose yellow-greenish spore print, and the lack of clamp connections in the hyphae. The genus was circumscribed in 1979, with C. mahabaleshwarensis as the type and only species. [1] C. indica was described in 2013,[2] and C. brunneotincta in 2014. All species are found in India. The generic name Chlorolepiota is a portmanteau of Chlorophyllum and Macrolepiota, two closely related genera.[3]

Chlorolepiota
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Chlorolepiota

Sathe & S.D.Deshp. (1979)
Type species
Chlorolepiota mahabaleshwarensis
Sathe & S.D.Deshp. (1979)
Species

C. brunneotincta
C. indica
C. mahabaleshwarensis

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References

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  1. ^ Sathe AV, Deshpande SD (1979). "Cholorolepiota – a new genus of Agaricales (mushrooms) from India". Current Science. 48 (15): 693–695.
  2. ^ Kumari B, Atri NS, Kaur M (2013). "Chlorolepiota indica sp. nov. – a new species from India". Mycoscience. 54 (4): 257–259. doi:10.1016/j.myc.2012.09.020.
  3. ^ Atri NS, Kumari B, Upadhyay RC (2014). "Chlorolepiota brunneotincta sp. nov. – a new species from India". Turkish Journal of Botany. 38: 370–374. doi:10.3906/bot-1206-32.