The Chromocyphellaceae are a family of basidiomycete fungi described by mycologist Henning Knudsen in 2010.[1]
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Chromocyphella muscicola | |
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Family: | Chromocyphellaceae Knudsen (2010)
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Chromocyphella De Toni & Levi (1888)
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Taxonomy
editThe family comprises the two genera Chromocyphella and Phaeosolenia, which previously belonged to the Inocybaceae, based on molecular evidence.[1]
Morphology
editCharacteristic features of the family includes cyphelloid fruitbodies and brown, smooth or verrucose spores with germ pores or some callus formation.[1]
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