Family

Pluteaceae

Melanoleuca angelesiana. Photo: (c) MushroomObserverUser|9|Ron Pastorino (Ronpast), some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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The Pluteaceae are a family of small to medium-sized mushrooms which have free gill attachment and pink spores. Members of Pluteaceae can be mistaken for members of Entolomataceae, but can be distinguished by the angled spores and attached gills of the Entolomataceae. The four genera in the Pluteaceae comprise the widely distributed Volvariella and Pluteus, the rare Chamaeota, and Volvopluteus, which was newly described in 2011 as a result of molecular analysis. The Dictionary of the…

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Subtaxa

Genus: Pluteus (Deer mushrooms)

Genus: Melanoleuca (Cavaliers)

Genus: Volvopluteus

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