''Eriocybe'' is a fungal
genus
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in the family
Agaricaceae
The Agaricaceae are a family of basidiomycete fungi and include the genus ''Agaricus'', as well as basidiomycetes previously classified in the families Tulostomataceae, Lepiotaceae, and Lycoperdaceae.
Taxonomy
The family Agaricaceae was publishe ...
.
Circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by mycologist Else Vellinga in 2011, it is a
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...
genus, containing the single species ''Eriocybe chionea'', found in northern Thailand. The genus name is derived from the
Ancient Greek
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words ἔριον, meaning "wool" and κύβη, "head". The
specific epithet comes from the
Latin
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translation of the Greek χιόνεος, meaning "snow white".
See also
*
List of Agaricaceae genera
This is a list of genera in the mushroom-forming fungus family Agaricaceae.
Genera
See also
* List of Agaricales families
* List of Agaricales genera
References
;Notes
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Cited texts
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*
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
Agaricaceae
Fungi of Asia
Monotypic Agaricales genera
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