Limacella
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Limacella is a genus
of about 20 species of fungi in the Amanitaceae
family
in order
Agaricales
. Some of the species have been classified as members of genus Lepiota
.
In some older classification schemes, Limacella has alternatively been placed in family Pluteaceae
.
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 about 20 species of fungi in the Amanitaceae
Amanitaceae
Amanitaceae are a family of fungi or mushrooms. The family, also commonly called the Amanita family, is in order Agaricales, gilled mushrooms...
family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
in order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
Agaricales
Agaricales
The fungal order Agaricales, also known as gilled mushrooms , or euagarics, contains some of the most familiar types of mushrooms. The order has 33 extant families, 413 genera, and over 13000 described species, along with five extinct genera known only from the fossil record...
. Some of the species have been classified as members of genus Lepiota
Lepiota
Lepiota is a genus of gilled mushrooms in the family Agaricaceae. All Lepiota species are ground-dwelling saprotrophs with a preference for rich, calcareous soils. Basidiocarps are agaricoid with whitish spores, typically with scaly caps and a ring on the stem. Around 400 species of Lepiota are...
.
In some older classification schemes, Limacella has alternatively been placed in family Pluteaceae
Pluteaceae
The Pluteaceae are a family of small to medium-sized mushrooms which have free gill attachment and pink spores. Members of Pluteaceae can be mistaken for members of Entolomatacae but can be distinguished by their angled spores and attached gills...
.
Species
- Limacella delicataLimacella delicataLimacella delicata is a mushroom species in the genus Limacella....
, (FriesElias Magnus Fries-External links:*, Authors of fungal names, Mushroom, the Journal of Wild Mushrooming.*...
) EarleFranklin Sumner EarleFranklin Sumner Earle was an American mycologist. He was the first mycologist to work at the New York Botanical Garden, and was the author of The Genera of North American Gill Fungi .-References:... - Limacella glioderma
- Limacella guttata, (Persoon) Konrad and Maubl., Also known as Limacella lenticularis.
- Limacella illinita, (FriesElias Magnus Fries-External links:*, Authors of fungal names, Mushroom, the Journal of Wild Mushrooming.*...
) MurrillMurrillMurrill may refer to:*Herbert Murrill, an English composer*William Murrill, an American mycologist... - Limacella kauffmanii
- Limacella furnacea
- Limacella solidipes, Ringed Limacella, (Pk.) H.V.Smith.
- Limacella subfurnacea
- Limacella taiwanensis
- Limacella vinosorubescens
External links
- Limacella at Index FungorumIndex FungorumIndex Fungorum, an international project to index all formal names in the Fungi Kingdom. Somewhat comparable to the IPNI, but with more contributing institutions....
- Limacella guttata Irish distrib and picture
- Mushroom observer - Limacella illinita