Squamanitaceae

The Squamanitaceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. All species in the family are agarics (gilled mushrooms). Species in two genera, Dissoderma and Squamanita, are parasitic on other agarics. Members of the Squamanitaceae are found worldwide.

Squamanitaceae
Dissoderma odoratum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Squamanitaceae Jülich (1981)
Type genus
Squamanita Imbach (1946)
Genera
Cystoderma Dissoderma Floccularia Leucopholiota Phaeolepiota Squamanita
Synonyms
Cystodermataceae Locq. (1984) nom inval.

Taxonomy

The family was first proposed in 1981 by Dutch mycologist Walter Jülich. Its current circumscription is the result of molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences.^[1][2]

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  Cystoderma carcharias
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  Leucopholiota decorosa
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  Floccularia albolanaripes
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  Squamanita umbonata
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  Phaeolepiota aurea