The Squamanitaceae are 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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Agaricales The fungal order Agaricales, also known as gilled mushrooms (for their distinctive gills) or euagarics, contains some of the most familiar types of mushrooms. The order has 33 extant families, 413 genera, and over 13,000 described species, alo ...

. All

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in the family are

agarics An agaric () is a type of fungus fruiting body characterized by the presence of a pileus (cap) that is clearly differentiated from the stipe (stalk), with lamellae (gills) on the underside of the pileus. In the UK, agarics are called "mushrooms ...

(gilled mushrooms). Species in two

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Dissoderma ''Dissoderma'' is a genus of parasitic fungi in the family Squamanitaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) superficially resemble normal agarics (gilled mushrooms) but emerge from parasitized fruit bodies of deformed host agarics. Taxonomy ''Disso ...

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Squamanita ''Squamanita'' is a genus of parasitic fungi in the family Squamanitaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) superficially resemble normal agarics (gilled mushrooms) but emerge from parasitized fruit bodies of deformed host agarics. Taxonomy The gen ...

'', are parasitic on other agarics. Members of the ''Squamanitaceae'' are found worldwide.

Taxonomy

The family was first proposed in 1981 by Dutch

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Walter Jülich. Its current circumscription is the result of

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research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences. File:Cystoderma carcharias 27630.jpg, ''

Cystoderma carcharias ''Cystoderma carcharias'', is a species of agaric in the fungal family Agaricaceae. It has a widespread distribution, and has been collected in coniferous forests and grasslands in Asia, Europe, North America, and the subantarctic islands. In ...

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Leucopholiota decorosa ''Leucopholiota decorosa'' is a species of fungus in the mushroom family Tricholomataceae. Commonly known as the decorated pholiota, it is distinguished by its fruit body which is covered with pointed brown, curved scales on the cap and ste ...

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Floccularia albolanaripes ''Floccularia albolanaripes'' is a species of fungus in the family Agaricaceae. Mushrooms are characterized by their yellow caps with a brownish center and scales over the margin, and the conspicuous remains of a partial veil that is left on the ...

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Squamanita umbonata ''Squamanita'' is a genus of parasitic fungi in the family Squamanitaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) superficially resemble normal agarics (gilled mushrooms) but emerge from parasitized fruit bodies of deformed host agarics. Taxonomy The gen ...

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Phaeolepiota aurea ''Phaeolepiota'' is a genus of fungi in the family Squamanitaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species ''Phaeolepiota aurea''. Commonly known as golden bootleg or golden cap, ''P. aurea'' is an agaric (gilled mushroom) f ...

References

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