Cantharocybe | |
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Cantharocybe gruberi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Hygrophoraceae |
Genus: |
Cantharocybe H.E.Bigelow & A.H.Sm. (1973) |
Type species | |
Cantharocybe gruberi (A.H.Sm.) H.E.Bigelow & A.H.Sm. (1973) |
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Species | |
C. brunneovelutina
C. gruberi
C. virosa
Cantharocybe is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Hygrophoraceae. The genus was described by American mycologists Howard E. Bigelow and Alexander H. Smith in 1973.Cantharocybe contains three species: the type C. gruberi, and C. brunneovelutina from Belize, reported as new to science in 2011, and C. virosa, transferred from "Megacollybia", and found in Bangladesh and India.