Pholiotina

Taxobox
name = "Pholiotina"


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image_caption = "Pholiotina rugosa"
regnum = Fungi
divisio = Basidiomycota
subdivisio = Agaricomycotina
classis = Agaricomycetes
ordo = Agaricales
familia = Bolbitiaceae
genus = "Pholiotina"

Pholiotina is a genus of small mushrooms.

Taxonomic details

The genus Pholiotina is defined as small thin Mycena like mushrooms, with an hymenoderm pileipellis, a dry cap surface, cystidia which are sub-capitate to blunt, and spores which are brown in deposit. Spores of mushrooms of this genus are thick walled, smooth and have a germ pore.

Notable species

"Pholiotina rugosa" is the most commonly known species of this genus, althoughin most field guides this species is known as Conocybe filaris, which is a
taxonomic equivalent.