''Candolleomyces'' is a

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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

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Psathyrellaceae.

Taxonomy

The ''Candolleomyces'' 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. Many 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 ''Candolleomyces''. The

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

, ''

Candolleomyces candolleanus ''Candolleomyces candolleanus'' (formerly known as ''Psathyrella candolleana'') is mushroom in the family Psathyrellaceae. It is commonly found growing in small groups around stumps and tree roots on lawns and pastures in Europe and North America ...

'' was previously classified as ''Psathyrella candolleana.''

Etymology

The genus is named after the

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of the

Species

As of October 2022, Species Fungorum accepted 25 species of ''Candolleomyces''.

References

Psathyrellaceae Agaricales genera {{Psathyrellaceae-stub