Mycetinis | |
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Mycetinis scorodonius | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Omphalotaceae |
Genus: | Mycetinis Earle (1909)[1] |
Type species | |
Mycetinis alliaceus (Jacq.) Earle (1909)
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Species | |
M. alliaceus |
Mycetinis is a genus of fungus in the Omphalotaceae family, containing about eight species formerly classified in Marasmius.[2]
This group of mushrooms was long known as a section (Alliacei) within the more familiar genus Marasmius, which means that each of the species has a synonym under Marasmius. They are distinguished from other Marasmius by the hymeniform cap skin which consists of smooth cells, with hyphae which do not show a dextrinoid reaction. The species have a characteristic garlic smell.[3]
DNA studies showed that the group is phylogenetically allied more to genus Gymnopus than to Marasmius, but the distinct structure of the cap skin is thought to justify a separation at the genus level. Franklin Sumner Earle had already defined the genus name Mycetinis for this group in 1909, though it had not caught on, and in 2005 Wilson & Desjardin proposed to resurrect this name and redefine it for the current taxonomy. The new phylogenetic classification also means that the group belongs to family Omphalotaceae instead of Marasmiaceae.[3][4]
A new species, M. curraniae, was described in 2012.
Image | Name | Notes | Distribution |
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Mycetinis alliaceus | Type species | Europe |
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Mycetinis applanatipes | California | |
Mycetinis cinnamomeus | S. Australia[5] | ||
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Mycetinis copelandii | California[5] | |
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Mycetinis curraniae | New Zealand[5] | |
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(Mycetinis epidryas) | Synonym of Rhizomarasmius epidryas | Arctic (Europe, Canada & Alaska) or alpine |
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Mycetinis kallioneus | Arctic (Greenland & Svarlbard)[5] | |
Mycetinis olidus | N. America[5] | ||
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Mycetinis opacus | N. America, Japan[5] | |
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Mycetinis prasiosmus | Scandinavia and continental Europe[5] | |
Mycetinis querceus | Europe, N. Africa | ||
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Mycetinis salalis | N. America[5] | |
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Mycetinis scorodonius | Also has a smaller form "forma diminutivus" found only in Washington state urban environments[5] | Mainly Europe, also N. Africa, N. America, Israel |
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Mycetinis virgultorum | Mediterranean[3] | |
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Mycetinis yunnanensis | Yunnan, China[5] |