Crepidotaceae

The Crepidotaceae are a family of basidiomycete fungi.

Crepidotaceae
Crepidotus variabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Crepidotaceae
Fr., 1863
Genera

Crepidotus
Episphaeria?
Neopaxillus[1]
Pleuroflammula
Ramicola
Simocybe

Taxonomic Details

The Crepidotaceae have recently undergone a revision based on phylogenetic analyses.[2] The following characters are typical of this family:

  • saprotrophic on woody or herbaceous matter
  • gymnocarpic (having the hymenium open and attached to the surface of the thallus)
  • spore prints that are pale yellow to brown
  • simple cuticle (although some may have pileocystidia)
  • cheilocystidia always present
  • spores entire, smooth or ornamented but never angular or reticulate

References
  1. Vizzini A, Angelini C, Ercole E (2011). "A new Neopaxillus species (Agaricomycetes) from the Dominican Republic and the status of Neopaxillus within the Agaricales" (PDF). Mycologia. 104 (1): 138–147. doi:10.3852/10-345. hdl:2318/88593. PMID 21933922.
  2. Aime MC, Vilgalys R, Miller OK (2005). "The Crepidotaceae (Basidiomycota, Agaricales): Phylogeny and taxonomy of the genera and revision of the family based on molecular evidence". Am J Bot. 92 (1): 74–82. doi:10.3732/ajb.92.1.74. PMID 21652386.


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