Cantharocybe

Cantharocybe is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Hygrophoraceae.^[1] The genus was described by American mycologists Howard E. Bigelow and Alexander H. Smith in 1973.^[2] Cantharocybe contains three species: the type C. gruberi, and C. brunneovelutina from Belize, reported as new to science in 2011,^[3] and C. virosa, transferred from "Megacollybia", and found in Bangladesh and India.^{[4] [5]}

Cantharocybe
Cantharocybe gruberi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Hygrophoraceae
Genus:	Cantharocybe H.E.Bigelow & A.H.Sm. (1973)
Type species
Cantharocybe gruberi (A.H.Sm.) H.E.Bigelow & A.H.Sm. (1973)
Species
C. brunneovelutina C. gruberi C. virosa

See also

• List of Agaricales genera