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Flammula

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Family
  
Hymenogastraceae

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Order
  
Agaricales

Rank
  
Genus

Flammula

Similar
  
Lactarius alnicola, Pholiota alnicola, Gymnopilus, Pholiota, Hemipholiota

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Flammula is a dark brown-spored genus of mushrooms that cause a decay of trees and often fruit at their bases forming clusters of yellowish brown mushrooms.

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Taxonomy

For nearly a century, Flammula was considered to be a synonym of Pholiota, a mushroom genus in the Strophariaceae. Molecular analysis placed it outside of the Strophariaceae and specifically in the Hymenogastraceae As a distinct genus, the name Flammula is currently used.

References

Flammula Wikipedia