Entolomataceae | |
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Entoloma sinuatum, Italy | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Entolomataceae Kotl. & Pouzar (1972) |
Type genus | |
Entoloma | |
Genera | |
Clitocella | |
Synonyms | |
Clitopilaceae P.D. Orton (1960) nom. inval. |
The Entolomataceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. The family contains eight genera and 2250 species, the majority of which are in Entoloma.[1][2] Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are typically agaricoid (mushrooms with gills), but a minority are cyphelloid. secotioid, or gasteroid. All produce pink basidiospores that are variously angular (polyhedral), ridged, or nodulose. Species are mostly saprotrophic, though a few are parasitic on other fungi. The family occurs worldwide.