''Cantharocybe'' is a
genus
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of
mushroom
A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source. ''Toadstool'' generally denotes one poisonous to humans.
The standard for the name "mushroom" is ...
-forming
fungi
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in the
family
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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 ...
.
The genus was described by American mycologists
Howard E. Bigelow and
Alexander H. Smith
Alexander Hanchett Smith (December 12, 1904 – December 12, 1986) was an American mycologist known for his extensive contributions to the taxonomy and phylogeny of the higher fungi, especially the agarics.
Early life
Smith, born in Crandon, Wi ...
in 1973.
''Cantharocybe'' contains three species: the
type ''
C. gruberi'', and ''
C. brunneovelutina'' from
Belize
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, reported as new to science in 2011,
and ''
C. virosa'', transferred from "
Megacollybia", and found in Bangladesh and India.
See also
*
List of Agaricales genera
This is a list of mushroom-forming fungi genera in the order Agaricales.
Genera
*
See also
*List of Agaricales families
References
Notes
References
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References
Agaricales genera
Hygrophoraceae
Taxa named by Alexander H. Smith
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