Candelolepiota

Candelolepiota
The type species Candelolepiota sinica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Agaricaceae
Genus:	Candelolepiota Kun L. Yang, Jia Y. Lin & Zhu L. Yang (2024)
Type species
Candelolepiota sinica (Peck) Kun L. Yang, Jia Y. Lin & Zhu L. Yang 2024

Candelolepiota is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Agaricaceae. ^[1]

Taxonomy

This genus was described in 2024 by the Chinese mycologists Kun L. Yang, Jia Y. Lin & Zhu L. Yang. ^[2]

References

1. "Index Fungorum - Candelolepiota Kun L. Yang, Jia Y. Lin & Zhu L. Yang, in Yang, Lin, Li, Li & Yang (2024)". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
2. YANG, KUN L.; LIN, JIA Y.; LI, GUANG-MEI; LI, TAIHUI; YANG, ZHU L. (11 December 2024). "Rediscovering Leucoagaricus sinicus, with the recognition of Leucoagaricus and Leucocoprinus as separate genera, and two new genera in Agaricaceae (Basidiomycota)". Phytotaxa. 676 (3): 199–255. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.676.3.1. ISSN   1179-3163.