The Hygrophoropsidaceae are a family of mushrooms that are gilled in appearance but lie within the Boletales. The family contains 18 species within two genera:[1] Leucogyrophana and Hygrophoropsis, with the best-known member being the "false chanterelle", Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca. Hygrophoropsidaceae was circumscribed by French mycologist Robert Kühner in 1980, with Hygrophoropsis as the type genus.[2] Unlike most members of the Boletales, Hygrophoropsidaceae species are saprophytic wood-rotting fungi that cause brown rot in their hosts.[3] The genera Austropaxillus and Tapinella, once placed in this family,[4] are now classified in the Serpulaceae[5] and Tapinellaceae,[6] respectively.

Hygrophoropsidaceae
False chanterelle,
Albin Schmalfuß, 1897
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Hygrophoropsidaceae
Kühner (1980)
Type genus
Hygrophoropsis
(J.Schröt.) Maire ex Martin-Sans (1929)
Genera

Hygrophoropsis
Leucogyrophana

References

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  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 326. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. ^ Kühner R. (1980). "Les Hyménomycètes agaricoides". Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon (in French). 49: 900.
  3. ^ Kibby G. (2012). "The Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca complex". Field Mycology. 13 (2): 43–50. doi:10.1016/j.fldmyc.2012.03.004.
  4. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, David JC, Stalpers JA (2001). Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi (9th ed.). Oxon, UK: CABI Bioscience. pp. 53, 514. ISBN 978-0-85199-377-5.
  5. ^ "Austropaxillus Bresinsky & Jarosch". Index Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
  6. ^ "Tapinella E.-J. Gilbert". Index Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-11-22.