''Britzelmayria'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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

Psathyrellaceae The Psathyrellaceae are a family of dark-spored agarics that generally have rather soft, fragile fruiting bodies, and are characterized by black, dark brown, rarely reddish, or even pastel-colored spore prints. About 50% of species produce fruit ...

Taxonomy

The ''Britzelmayria'' genus was created in 2020 by the German mycologists Dieter Wächter & Andreas Melzer when the ''Psathyrellaceae'' family was subdivided based on

phylogenetic In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek φυλή/ φῦλον [] "tribe, clan, race", and wikt:γενετικός, γενετικός [] "origin, source, birth") is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups o ...

analysis. Two members of the ''

Psathyrella ''Psathyrella'' is a large genus of about 400 species, and is similar to the genera '' Coprinellus'', ''Coprinopsis'', ''Coprinus'' and ''Panaeolus'', usually with a thin cap and white or yellowish white hollow stem. The caps do not self digest ...

'' genus were reclassified as ''Britzelmayria''. The

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, '' Britzelmayria supernula'' was previously classified as ''Psathyrella supernula.''

Etymology

The genus is named after the German mycologist Max Britzelmayria, who originally classified the type species as ''Agaricus supernulus'' in 1883.

Species

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q105125837 Agaricales genera Britzelmayria