The Squamanitaceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. All species in the family are agarics (gilled mushrooms). Species in two genera, Dissoderma and Squamanita, are parasitic on other agarics. Members of the Squamanitaceae are found worldwide.

Squamanitaceae
Cystoderma amianthinum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Squamanitaceae
Jülich (1981)
Type genus
Squamanita
Imbach (1946)
Genera

Cystoderma
Dissoderma
Floccularia
Leucopholiota
Phaeolepiota

Synonyms

Taxonomy edit

The family was first proposed in 1981 by Dutch mycologist Walter Jülich. Its current circumscription is the result of molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences.[1][2]

References edit

  1. ^ Liu JW, Ge ZW, Horak E, Vizzini A, Halling RE, Pan CL, Yang ZL (2021). "Squamanitaceae and three new species of Squamanita parasitic on Amanita basidiomes". IMA Fungus. 12 (1): 4. doi:10.1186/s43008-021-00057-z. PMC 7927255. PMID 33658081.
  2. ^ Saar I, Thorn RG, Nagasawa E, Henkel TW, Cooper JA (2022). "A phylogenetic overview of Squamanita, with descriptions of nine new species and four new combinations". Mycologia. 114 (4): 769–797. doi:10.1080/00275514.2022.2059639.