Chromocyphellaceae

The Chromocyphellaceae are a family of basidiomycete fungi described by mycologist Henning Knudsen in 2010.^[1]

Chromocyphellaceae
Chromocyphella muscicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Chromocyphellaceae Knudsen (2010)
Type genus
Chromocyphella De Toni & Levi (1888)
Genera
Chromocyphella Phaeosolenia

Taxonomy

The family comprises the two genera Chromocyphella and Phaeosolenia, which previously belonged to the Inocybaceae, based on molecular evidence.^[1]

Morphology

Characteristic features of the family includes cyphelloid fruitbodies and brown, smooth or verrucose spores with germ pores or some callus formation.^[1]