| Mycenaceae Temporal range:  | |
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| Mycena galericulata | |
| Scientific classification   | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Fungi | 
| Division: | Basidiomycota | 
| Class: | Agaricomycetes | 
| Order: | Agaricales | 
| Family: | Mycenaceae Overeem (1926) | 
| Type genus | |
| Mycena | |
| Genera | |
The Mycenaceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the family contains 10 genera and 705 species. [1] This is one of several families that were separated from the Tricholomataceae as a result of phylogenetic analyses. Taxa in the Mycenaceae are saprobic, have a cosmopolitan distribution, and are found in almost all ecological zones. [2] The family was circumscribed by Caspar van Overeem in 1926.
The extinct genus Protomycena , described from Burdigalian age Dominican amber found on the island of Hispaniola [3] is one of four known agaric genera in the fossil record. [4]
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| Phylogeny of the Mycenaceae based on nuclear large ribosomal subunit gene sequences. [5] | 
A large-scale phylogenetic analysis study of the Agaricales published by a consortium of mycologists in 2002 adopted the name Mycenaceae for a strongly supported clade consisting of Dictyopanus, Favolaschia , Mycena , Mycenoporella , Prunulus, Panellus , Poromycena, and Resinomycena . [5] Dictyopanus has since been wrapped into Panellus, [6] and both Poromycena [7] and Prunulus into Mycena. [8]