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Cystolepiota

Cystolepiota
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Cystolepiota seminuda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Cystolepiota
Singer (1952)
Type species
Cystolepiota constricta
Singer (1952)
Synonyms
  • Pulverolepiota Bon (1993)

Cystolepiota is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Agaricaceae.

The genus was circumscribed by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1952, who originally included three species: C. brunneotingens, C. luteifolia, and the type species C. constricta.

As of January 2016, Index Fungorum lists 43 species in Cystolepiota:


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