| Calonarius | |
|---|---|
|   | |
| Calonarius elegantior | |
|  Scientific classification   | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Fungi | 
| Division: | Basidiomycota | 
| Class: | Agaricomycetes | 
| Order: | Agaricales | 
| Family: | Cortinariaceae | 
| Genus: |  Calonarius  Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)  | 
| Type species | |
|  Calonarius typicus  | |
Calonarius is a genus of fungi in the family Cortinariaceae. [1]
The genus was created in 2022 when the family Cortinariaceae, which previously in then-recent phylogenetic studies contained only the one genus of Cortinarius , [note 1] 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]
The name Calonarius derives from the combination of the genus name Cortinarius and the section name Calochroi in which these species were placed prior to the reclassification. [2]
As of January 2023, Species Fungorum accepted 133 species of Calonarius. [3]