Flammulina [SEP] parent taxon
Flammulina
Flammulina is a genus of fungi in the Physalacriaceae family. The genus, widespread in temperate regions, has been estimated to contain 10 species.
List of species.
- "Flammulina callistosporioides"
- "Flammulina elastica"
- "Flammulina fennae"
- "Flammulina ferrugineolutea"
- "Flammulina mediterranea"
- "Flammulina mexicana"
- "Flammulina ononidis"
- "Flammulina populicola"
- "Flammulina rossica"
- "Flammulina similis"
- "Flammulina stratosa"
known by this name for about 60 years, until a 2004 phylogenetic study revealed the taxon's close evolutionary relationship with "Agaricus", a possibility insinuated by Curtis Gates Lloyd a century before. This resulted in a new name in that genus, but it soon came to light that the name "Agaricus texensis" had already been used, ironically enough, by Berkeley and Curtis themselves in 1853, for a taxon now treated as a synonym of "Flammulina velutipes". Since this made the new "Agaricus texensis" an