Mythicomycetaceae

Mythicomycetaceae
	Mythicomyces
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Mythicomycetaceae; Vizzini, Consiglio & M. Marchetti (2019)
Type genus
	Mythicomyces; Redhead & A.H. Sm. (1986)
Genera
	Mythicomyces Redhead & A.H. Sm. (1986); ; Stagnicola Redhead & A.H. Sm. (1986);

The Mythicomycetaceae is a family of dark-spored agarics that have palely pigmented spores.^[1] The two genera are monotypic and share features such as horn-like dark stems, pigmented mycelium at their bases, and are small brown mushrooms in north temperate forests. Their basidiospores lack germ pores. The family is closely related to the Psathyrellaceae.

References

^ Vizzini A, Consiglio G, Marchett M (2019). "Mythicomycetaceae fam. nov. (Agaricineae, Agaricales) for accommodating the genera Mythicomyces and Stagnicola, and Simocybe parvispora reconsidered". FUSE, Fungal Systematics and Evolution. 3: 41–56.

[Vizzinietal2019-1] Vizzini A, Consiglio G, Marchett M (2019). "Mythicomycetaceae fam. nov. (Agaricineae, Agaricales) for accommodating the genera Mythicomyces and Stagnicola, and Simocybe parvispora reconsidered". FUSE, Fungal Systematics and Evolution. 3: 41–56.

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