Flammula
Genus of fungi
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Flammula is a dark brown-spored genus of mushrooms that cause a decay of trees, on whose bases they often fruit, forming clusters of yellowish brown mushrooms.
| Flammula | |
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| Flammula malicola in Meander Forest Reserve, Tasmania, Australia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
| Genus: | Flammula (Fr.) P. Kumm. (1871) |
| Type species | |
| Flammula flavida (Schaeff.:Fr.) P. Kumm.)(1871) | |
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Taxonomy
For nearly a century, Flammula was considered to be a synonym of Pholiota, a mushroom genus in the Strophariaceae. Molecular analysis placed it outside of the Strophariaceae[1][2][3] and specifically in the Hymenogastraceae.[4] As a distinct genus, the name Flammula is currently used.[5]
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