Family
Discinaceae
Gyromitra esculenta. Photo: (c) Kari Pihlaviita, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The Discinaceae are a family of ascomycete fungi, the best known members of which are the false morels of the genus Gyromitra. Originally erected by Erich Heinz Benedix in 1961, it was found to be a discrete clade in a molecular study of ribosomal DNA by mycologist Kerry O’Donnell in 1997. As of 2008, the family is thought to contain 5 genera and 58 species.
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