''Laxitextum'' is a
genus of
fungi in the family
Hericiaceae
The Hericiaceae are a family of fungi in the order Russulales. The best known genus is ''Hericium'', species of which are valued for their medicinal properties in Oriental medicine. Taxa are mainly known from north temperate regions, and are sapr ...
. The widespread genus contains three species.
It was circumscribed by
Paul Lewis Lentz in 1955.
Species in the genus have
fruit bodies
The sporocarp (also known as fruiting body, fruit body or fruitbody) of fungi is a multicellular structure on which spore-producing structures, such as basidia or asci, are borne. The fruitbody is part of the sexual phase of a fungal life cyc ...
that are effused (stretched out flat) to reflexed (with edges turned up) and a smooth
hymenium
The hymenium is the tissue layer on the hymenophore of a fungal fruiting body where the cells develop into basidia or asci, which produce spores. In some species all of the cells of the hymenium develop into basidia or asci, while in others some ...
.
Molecular
A molecule is a group of two or more atoms held together by attractive forces known as chemical bonds; depending on context, the term may or may not include ions which satisfy this criterion. In quantum physics, organic chemistry, and bioche ...
analysis shows that the genus groups in a
clade
A clade (), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree. Rather than the English term, ...
with the genera ''
Hericium'' and ''
Dentipellis
''Dentipratulum'' is a genus of fungi in the family Hericiaceae. It was circumscribed by Dutch mycologist Marinus Anton Donk in 1962. Species in the genus have membranous fruit bodies that are either completely resupinate
Resupination is deriv ...
''.
Species
References
Russulales
Russulales genera
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