''Aeruginospora'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

fungi A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...

in the family

Hygrophoraceae The Hygrophoraceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. Originally conceived as containing white-spored, thick-gilled agarics (gilled mushrooms), including '' Hygrophorus'' and ''Hygrocybe'' species (the waxcaps or waxy caps), DNA evi ...

. It was formerly placed in the family

Tricholomataceae The Tricholomataceae are a large family of mushrooms within the Agaricales. Originally a classic " wastebasket taxon", the family included any white-, yellow-, or pink-spored genera in the Agaricales not already classified as belonging to e.g. th ...

, but it was moved to the Hygrophoraceae in a recent review of the family based on its morphological similarity to '' Chrysomphalina'' and especially '' Haasiella''. It might be that ''Haasiella'', which differs in spore color and ecology, is a junior synonym of ''Aeruginospora'', but this has not yet been tested in a

molecular phylogenetics Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

study. The genus, described by Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel in 1908, currently contains two species found in

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and

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. Six species formerly placed in ''Aeruginospora'' ('' A. foetens'', '' A. hiemalis'', '' A. hymenocephala'', '' A. microspora'', '' A. paupertina'', and '' A. schulzeri'') were transferred to the genus '' Camarophyllopsis''. '' A. furfuracea'' might also belong in ''Camarophyllopsis'', but it has not yet been restudied.

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Hygrophoraceae Agaricales genera {{Hygrophoraceae-stub