Entocybe

Entocybe is a genus of agaric fungi in the family Entolomataceae. It was circumscribed in 2011 to contain several former Entoloma species having obscurely angular spores with 6–10 angles (some formerly classified as Rhodocybe). Based on three locus DNA analysis, these species form a distinct, well-defined clade in the Entomolataceae that is basal to Entoloma. The genus name, a combination of Entoloma and Rhodocybe, alludes to similarities with species in those genera.^[1] E. melleogrisea, found in a subboreal forest in Québec, Canada, was described as a new species in 2013. Unlike the mostly collybioid fruit bodies of most other Entocybe species, E. melleogrisea has a tricholomatoid stature.^[2]

Entocybe tracheospora spores 1000x

Entocybe
Entocybe nitida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Entolomataceae
Genus:	Entocybe T.J.Baroni, V.Hofstetter & Largent (2011)
Type species
Entocybe trachyospora (Largent) Largent, T.J.Baroni & V.Hofstetter (2011)

Species

• Entocybe haastii^[3]
• Entocybe lignicola
• Entocybe melleogrisea
• Entocybe nitida
• Entocybe priscua
• Entocybe pseudoturbida
• Entocybe turbida
• Entocybe speciosa
• Entocybe trachyospora

var. griseoviolacea

var. purpureoviolacea

var. vinacea

• Entocybe vinacea

var. fumosipes

var. violeipes

See also

• List of Entolomataceae genera

References

1. Baroni TJ, Hofstetter V, Largent DL, Vilgalys R (2011). "Entocybe is proposed as a new genus in the Entolomataceae (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota) based on morphological and molecular evidence" (PDF). North American Fungi. 6 (12): 1–19. doi:10.2509/naf2011.006.012.
2. Baroni TJ, Lamoureux Y (2013). "A new species of Entocybe (Entolomatceae, Agaricomycetes) from Québec, Canada". Mycotaxon. 123: 353–61. doi:10.5248/123.353.
3. Bergemann SE, Largent DL, Abell-Davis SE (2014). "Entocybe haastii from Watagans National Park, New South Wales, Australia" (PDF). Mycotaxon. 126: 61–70. doi:10.5248/126.61.