Aureonarius
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| Aureonarius | |
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| Aureonarius callisteus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Cortinariaceae |
| Genus: | Aureonarius Niskanen & Liimat. (2022) |
| Type species | |
| Aureonarius kroegeri | |
Aureonarius is a genus of fungi in the family Cortinariaceae.[1]
The genus was created in 2022 when the family Cortinariaceae, which previously contained only the one genus of Cortinarius was reclassified based on genomic data and split into the genera of Cortinarius, Aureonarius, Austrocortinarius, Calonarius, Cystinarius, Hygronarius, Mystinarius, Phlegmacium, Thaxterogaster and Volvanarius.[2]
The genus is further divided with subgenus and section classifications:[2]
- Aureonarius subgenus Aureonarius includes the section: Aureonarius.
- Aureonarius subgenus Callistei includes the sections: Callistei and Collybiani.
