''Cantharocybe'' is a

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-forming

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in the

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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 evide ...

. The genus was described by American mycologists

Howard E. Bigelow Howard Elson Bigelow (June 28, 1923 – November 21, 1987) was an American mycologist, born in 1923 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, and died in 1987. He studied at Oberlin College from 1941 to 1943. He left college to fight in the American army. He ...

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, Wis ...

in 1973. ''Cantharocybe'' contains three species: the type '' C. gruberi'', and '' C. brunneovelutina'' from

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, reported as new to science in 2011, and '' C. virosa'', transferred from " Megacollybia", and found in Bangladesh and India.

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Agaricales genera Hygrophoraceae Taxa named by Alexander H. Smith {{Hygrophoraceae-stub

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