Chamaemyces

Chamaemyces
Chamaemyces fracidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Chamaemyces
Battarra ex Earle (1909)
Type species
Chamaemyces fracidus
(Fr.) Donk (1962)
Species

C. alphitophyllus
C. carmelensis
C. fracidus
C. medullaris
C. paraensis
C. pseudocastaneus

Synonyms[1]

Chamaemyces is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologist Franklin Sumner Earle in 1906.[2]

Species

Based on current taxonomy, the genus comprises six species:[3]

  • Chamaemyces alphitophyllus (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Murrill (1911)
  • Chamaemyces carmelensis M.Didukh & Wasser (2004)
  • Chamaemyces fracidus (Fr.) Donk (1962)
  • Chamaemyces medullaris (Rick) Raithelh. (1988)
  • Chamaemyces paraensis Singer (1989)
  • Chamaemyces pseudocastaneus (Bon & Boiffard) Contu (1990)

References

  1. ^ "Chamaemyces Battarra ex Earle 1909". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
  2. ^ Earle FS. (1906). "The genera of North American gill fungi". Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden. 5: 373–451 (see p. 446).
  3. ^ "Chamaemyces". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 29 January 2025.