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Chamaeota
Genus of fungi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chamaeota is a genus in the Pluteaceae family of small- to medium-sized mushrooms. They have a central stipe, free gills, smooth pink spores, and a partial veil that usually forms an annulus (ring) on the stipe. Chamaeota can be distinguished from Volvariella by its lack of a volva and from Entolomataceae by its free gills and smooth spores.
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Chamaeota | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Pluteaceae |
Genus: | Chamaeota (W.G.Sm.) Earle (1909) |
Type species | |
Chamaeota xanthogramma (Ces.) Earle (1909) | |
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Members of Chamaeota are extremely rare. Most species are tropical but at least two species exist in the United States.
The type species is Chamaeota xanthogramma (Ces.) Earle [as 'xanthogrammus'] (1909).