Caulorhiza
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Caulorhiza is a genus
of fungi in the Tricholomataceae
family. The genus, which contains three species found in the USA, was circumscribed by Joanne Lennox in 1979.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of fungi in the Tricholomataceae
Tricholomataceae
The Tricholomataceae are a large family of mushrooms within the Agaricales. A classic "wastebasket taxon", the Tricholomataceae is inclusive of any white-, yellow-, or pink-spored genera in the Agaricales not already classified as belonging to the Amanitaceae, Lepiotaceae, Hygrophoraceae,...
family. The genus, which contains three species found in the USA, was circumscribed by Joanne Lennox in 1979.