Endoptychum

Endoptychum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Agaricaceae
Genus:	Endoptychum Czern. (1845)
Type species
Endoptychum agaricoides Czern. (1845)

Endoptychum is a genus of secotioid fungi in the family Agaricaceae. ^[1] Like the majority of secotioid taxa, the individual species of Endoptychum are thought to be recent mutations from agaricoid species, hence, Endoptychum is likely not a valid monophyletic genus. ^[2]

So far, molecular phylogeny and morphological study has revealed that E. depressum is a species of Agaricus and E. agaricoides , the type species, is a species of Chlorophyllum . E. depressum has been renamed Agaricus inapertus Vellinga. ^[2] Recognition of the name Chlorophyllum agaricoides (Czern.) Vellinga would entail deprecation of the entire genus name Endoptychum in favor of Chlorophyllum and awaits a formal decision of the International Botanical Congress. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

See also

• List of Agaricaceae genera
• List of Agaricales genera

References

1. Vellinga, Else C.; and Bruns, Thomas D. (2003-05-01). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of Macrolepiota (Agaricaceae)" . Mycologia. 95 (3): 442–456. doi:10.1080/15572536.2004.11833089. ISSN   0027-5514. PMID   21156633.{{cite journal}}: |first2= missing |last2= (help)
2. columellata within Agaricus, A., Phylogenetic placement of the secotioid fungus.
3. Vellinga EC. (2002.) New combinations in Chlorophyllum. Mycotaxon 83: 415–417.
4. Vellinga EC, de Kok RPJ, Bruns TD (2003). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of Macrolepiota (Agaricaceae)" . Mycologia. 95 (3): 442–456. doi:10.2307/3761886. JSTOR   3761886. PMID   21156633.
5. Moreno G, Esqueda M, Pérez-Silva E, Herrera T, Altés A. (2007.) Some Interesting Gasteroid and Secotioid Fungi from Sonora, Mexico. Persoonia 19(2): 263–278.
6. Vellinga EC. (2008.) Chlorophyllum Archived 2010-08-16 at the Wayback Machine (web document).