Limacellopsis is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Amanitaceae in order Agaricales.[1][2] Analysis of DNA sequences was used to show that Limacellopsis was separate from Limacella which is similar in appearance. The name Limacellopsis means like-Limacella.

Limacellopsis
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Limacellopsis

Zhu L. Yang, Q. Cai & Y.Y. Cui (2018)
Type species
Limacellopsis guttatus
(Pers.) Zhu L. Yang, Q. Cai & Y.Y. Cui (2018)

References

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  1. ^ Yang ZJ, Cai Q, Cui YY (2018). "Phylogeny, diversity and morphological evolution of Amanitaceae". Biosyst. Ecol. Ser. 34: 359–380.
  2. ^ Cui YY, Cai Q, Tang LP, Liu JW, Yang ZL (2018). "The family Amanitaceae: molecular phylogeny, higher-rank taxonomy and the species in China". Fungal Diversity. 91: 5–230. doi:10.1007/s13225-018-0405-9. S2CID 52048762.