Genus
Flammulaster
Flammulaster erinaceellus. Photo: (c) R. Scott LaChance, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Flammulaster is a genus of fungi in the Tubariaceae family. It was formerly thought to belong in the family Inocybaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, and contains 20 species. Flammulaster was circumscribed by American mycologist Franklin Sumner Earle in 1909.