Synonym:
Omphalotaceae.
Members: 54 genera; 1590 species.
Clades:
Agaricales;
Homobasidiomycetes;
Basidiomycota;
Fungi;
Plants.
Marasmius rotula
MycologyFungus; capability of shrivelling up during a dry period.
Stem: tough.
Spores: white.
TaxonomyThe family
Omphalotaceae, a segregate from the
Tricholomataceae, has been considered synonymous with
Marasmiaceae. DNA analysis showed it as separate.
Genera: Amyloflagellula, Anastrophella, Anthracophyllum, Aphyllotus, Baeospora, Calathella, Calyptella, Campanella, Cephaloscypha, Chaetocalathus, Clitocybula, Connopus, Crinipellis, Cymatella, Cymatellopsis, Deigloria, Epicnaphus, Fissolimbus, Gerronema, Glabrocyphella, Gymnopus, Henningsomyces, Hispidocalyptella, Hydropus, Hymenogloea, Lactocollybia, Lecanocybe , Lentinula, Macrocystidia, Manuripia, Marasmiellus, Marasmius, Megacollybia, Metulocyphella, Moniliophthora, Mycetinis, Neocampanella, Neonothopanus, Nochascypha, Nothopanus, Omphalotus, Phaeodepas, Pleurocybella, Pseudotyphula, Rectipilus, Rhodocollybia, Skepperiella, Stipitocyphella, Stromatocyphella, Tetrapyrgos, Trogia