Chamaemyces

Chamaemyces
Chamaemyces fracidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Agaricaceae
Genus:	Chamaemyces Battarra ex Earle (1909)
Type species
Chamaemyces fracidus (Fr.) Donk (1962)
Species
C. alphitophyllus C. carmelensis C. fracidus C. medullaris C. paraensis C. pseudocastaneus
Synonyms [1]
Drosella Maire (1935)

Chamaemyces is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologist Franklin Sumner Earle in 1906. ^[2]

Species

Based on current taxonomy, the genus comprises six species: ^[3]

• Chamaemyces alphitophyllus (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Murrill (1911)
• Chamaemyces carmelensis M.Didukh & Wasser (2004)
• Chamaemyces fracidus (Fr.) Donk (1962)
• Chamaemyces medullaris (Rick) Raithelh. (1988)
• Chamaemyces paraensis Singer (1989)
• Chamaemyces pseudocastaneus (Bon & Boiffard) Contu (1990)

References

1. "Chamaemyces Battarra ex Earle 1909". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
2. Earle FS. (1906). "The genera of North American gill fungi". Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden. 5: 373–451 (see p. 446).
3. "Chamaemyces". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 29 January 2025.