Kuehneromyces
Genus of fungi
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Kuehneromyces is a genus of agaric fungi in the family Strophariaceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed by mycologists Rolf Singer and Alexander H. Smith in 1946.[2]
| Kuehneromyces | |
|---|---|
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| Kuehneromyces mutabilis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Strophariaceae |
| Genus: | Kuehneromyces Singer & A.H.Sm. (1946) |
| Type species | |
| Kuehneromyces mutabilis (Schaeff.) Singer & A.H.Sm. (1946) | |
| Species | |
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K. brunneoalbescens | |
The genus name of Kuehneromyces is in honour of Robert Kühner (1903–1996), who was a French mycologist most notable for reviewing many agaric.[3]
The best known species in the genus is K. mutabilis, the sheathed woodtuft, which – despite closely resembling the deadly galerina, Galerina marginata, – is a popular edible mushroom in Europe that can also be cultivated on wood.
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