Marasmiaceae

Content sourced from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Marasmiaceae

The Marasmiaceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. Their fruit bodies are usually gilled mushrooms (agarics), but some members have different forms in the genus Cellypha.

How many genera and species
- In 2008, the family was thought to include about 54 genera and 1,590 species.
- Molecular studies later narrowed this to about 13 genera and 1,205 species.
- By 2020, the group was further reduced to about 10 genera and around 700 species.

Genera (as accepted in 2020)
- Amyloflagellula (Singer) — about 4 species
- Brunneocorticium (Sheng H. Wu) — about 1
- Campanella (Henn.) — about 39
- Chaetocalathus (Singer) — about 20
- Crinipellis (Pat.) — about 65
- Hymenogloea (Pat.) — about 1
- Marasmius (Fr.) — about 600
- Moniliophthora (H.C. Evans, Stalpers, Samson & Benny) — about 7
- Neocampanella (Nakasone, Hibbett & Goranova) — about 1
- Tetrapyrgos (E. Horak) — about 18

Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Agaricales
- Family: Marasmiaceae
- Type genus: Marasmius (Fries, 1835)

Example
- Marasmius rotula is a well-known member of this family.