Genus
Rhodophana
Rhodophana nitellina. Photo: (c) Christian Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Rhodophana is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Entolomataceae. It originally described as a genus in 1947 by Robert Kühner, but the description was invalid until it was re-published in 1971, though as a subgenus of Rhodocybe. It did not find favour as a genus until Rhodocybe was found to be polyphylletic and Kluting et al. resurrected the name in 2014 as part of a DNA-based reclassification of the family.
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