Crepidotaceae

The Crepidotaceae are a family of basidiomycete fungi.

Crepidotaceae
Crepidotus variabilis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Crepidotaceae Fr., 1863
Genera
Crepidotus Episphaeria? Neopaxillus[1] Pleuroflammula Ramicola Simocybe

Taxonomic Details

The Crepidotaceae have recently undergone a revision based on phylogenetic analyses.^[2] The following characters are typical of this family:

• saprotrophic on woody or herbaceous matter
• gymnocarpic (having the hymenium open and attached to the surface of the thallus)
• spore prints that are pale yellow to brown
• simple cuticle (although some may have pileocystidia)
• cheilocystidia always present
• spores entire, smooth or ornamented but never angular or reticulate

References

1. Vizzini A, Angelini C, Ercole E (2011). "A new Neopaxillus species (Agaricomycetes) from the Dominican Republic and the status of Neopaxillus within the Agaricales" (PDF). Mycologia. 104 (1): 138–147. doi:10.3852/10-345. hdl:2318/88593. PMID 21933922.
2. Aime MC, Vilgalys R, Miller OK (2005). "The Crepidotaceae (Basidiomycota, Agaricales): Phylogeny and taxonomy of the genera and revision of the family based on molecular evidence". Am J Bot. 92 (1): 74–82. doi:10.3732/ajb.92.1.74. PMID 21652386.