''Eonema'' is a fungal
genus
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in the family
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 ...
. It is
monotypic
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, consisting of the single
corticioid species ''Eonema pyriforme''. This fungus was previously classified in the genus ''
Athelia'' until
molecular
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analysis demonstrated that it was unrelated to the
Atheliales
Atheliaceae is a family of corticioid fungi placed under the monotypic order Atheliales. Both the order and the family were described by Walter Jülich in 1981. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 20 genera and approximately 100 spe ...
and instead nested within the Hygrophoraceae.
See also
*
List of Agaricales genera
References
Hygrophoraceae
Monotypic Agaricales genera
Taxa named by Robert Lücking
Taxa named by James D. Lawrey
Taxa described in 2009
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