Bolbitiaceae
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| Bolbitiaceae | |
|---|---|
| Bolbitius titubans | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Bolbitiaceae Singer (1948) |
| Type genus | |
| Bolbitius Fr. (1838) | |
| Genera | |
|
Agrogaster | |
The Bolbitiaceae are a family of mushroom-forming basidiomycete fungi. A 2008 estimate placed 17 genera and 287 species in the family.[2] Bolbitiaceae was circumscribed by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1948.[3]
This family is of mushroom-forming species that have a hymenium on gills, brown spores and a hymenoderm pileipellis.