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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
Drosella Maire (1935)

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

Species

Based on current taxonomy, the genus comprises six species :

• 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, (also see Species Fungorum: Chamaemyces paraensis); Agaricaceae
• 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.

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