Genus

Psathyrella (Brittlestems)

Psathyrella ammophila. Photo: (c) noah_siegel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Psathyrella is a large genus of about 400 species, and is similar to the genera Coprinellus, Coprinopsis, Coprinus and Panaeolus, usually with a thin cap and white or yellowish white hollow stem. The caps do not self digest as do those of Coprinellus and Coprinopsis. Some also have brown spores rather than black. These fungi are often drab-colored, difficult to identify, and inedible, and so they are sometimes considered uninteresting. However they are quite common and…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Agaricomycetes
        Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
        Order: Agaricales (Common gilled mushrooms and allies)
        Suborder: Agaricineae
        Family: Psathyrellaceae
        Genus: Psathyrella (Brittlestems)
        Species: Psathyrella longipes (Tall psathyrella)
        Species: Psathyrella frustulenta
        Species: Psathyrella longistriata
        Section: Hydrophilae (Psathyrella sect. hydrophilae) (2)
        Section: Psathyrella (Psathyrella sect. psathyrella) (2)
        Section: Pennatae (Psathyrella sect. pennatae) (1)
        Section: Spadiceogriseae (Psathyrella sect. spadiceogriseae) (1)

Subtaxa

Species: Psathyrella longipes (Tall psathyrella)

Species: Psathyrella frustulenta

Species: Psathyrella longistriata

Section: Hydrophilae (Psathyrella sect. hydrophilae)

Section: Psathyrella (Psathyrella sect. psathyrella)

Section: Pennatae (Psathyrella sect. pennatae)

Section: Spadiceogriseae (Psathyrella sect. spadiceogriseae)

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