Fungalpedia – Note 3208, Hymenogastraceae

 

Hymenogastraceae. Vittad.

Citation when using this data: Jayawardena RS et al.2023 – Fungalpedia.

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Classification: Agaricineae, Agaricales, Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Dikarya, Fungi

Note: Hymenogastraceae was erected by Vittadini ( 1893) with contained gilled and falsetruffle fungi. According to the recent study by He et al. (2019) , Hymenogastraceae is one of the larger families in the Agaricales and comprises 10 genera, namely Anamika K. A. Thomas, Peintner, M.M. Moser & Manim. , Flammula ( Fr. ) P. Kumm. , Galerina Earle, Gymnopilus P. Karst. , Hebeloma ( Fr. ) P. Kumm. , Hymenogaster Vittad. , Naucoria ( Fr. ) P. Kumm. , Phaeocollybia R. Heim, Psathyloma Soop, J.A. Cooper & Dima and Psilocybe (Fr. ) P. Kumm. Now, it is represented by more than 1500 species in Hymenogastraceae (Matheny et al. 2006; Redhead et al. 2007; Kirk et al. 2008; He et al. 2019).

Type genus: Psilocybe (Fr.) P. Kumm.

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Hymenogastraceae.

 

References

He M-Q, Zhao R-L, Hyde KD, Begerow D, Kemler M, Yurkov A, McKenzie EHC et al 2019 – Notes, outline and divergence times of Basidiomycota. Fungal Divers 99:105–367.

Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter D, Stalpers JA 2008 – Dictionary of the fungi, 10th ed. CAB 797

International, Wallingford, UK

Matheny PB, Curtis JM, Hofstetter V, Aime MC, Moncalvo JM, Ge ZW, Yang ZL, Slot JC, Ammirati JF, Baroni TJ, Bougher 2006 – Major clades of Agaricales: a multilocus phylogenetic overview. Mycologia 98:982–995.

Redhead SA, Moncalvo JM, Vilgalys R, Matheny PB, Guzmán-Dávalos L, Guzmán G 2007 – Proposal to conserve the name Psilocybe (Basidiomycota) with a conserved type. Taxon 56:255–257.

 

Entry by

Jayawardena Ruvishika Shehali, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand

 

Published online 24 September 2026

 

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