List of Agaricales families

The Agaricales are an order of fungi in the class Agaricomycetes (division Basidiomycota). It is the largest group of mushroom-forming fungi, and includes more than 600 genera and over 25,000 species.[1] Molecular phylogenetics analyses of ribosomal DNA sequences have led to advances in our understanding of the Agaricales, and substantially revised earlier assessments of families and genera.[2] The following families are in the Agaricales, according to Kalichman, Kirk & Matheny (2020),[3] with more recent additions and amendments, as noted. The number of genera and species in each family is taken from Catalogue of Life (2023),[1] unless otherwise noted, and is subject to change as new research is published. Many genera are not as yet assigned to a family.

## Families

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Family  | Authority  | Year  | Type genus | # genera | # species | Example

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Agaricaceae | Chevall.[4] | 1826  | Agaricus
L. | 71[N 1][5] | 2308  |
Agaricus campestris
Amanitaceae | R.Heim ex Pouzar[6] | 1983  | Amanita
Pers. | 8  | 837  |
Amanita muscaria
Baisuzheniaceae | H. Qu, Z.W. Ge, Zhu L. Yang & Redhead[7] | 2025  | Baisuzhenia
H. Qu, Z.W. Ge, Zhu L. Yang & Redhead | 1  | 1  |
Baisuzhenia humphreyi
Biannulariaceae | Jülich[8] | 1981  | Catathelasma
Lovejoy | 3 [9] | 17[9] |
Cleistocybe vernalis
Bolbitiaceae | Singer[10] | 1948  | Bolbitius
Fr. | 20  | 458  |
Bolbitius vitellinus
Broomeiaceae | Zeller[11] | 1948  | Broomeia
Berk. | 1  | 2  |
Callistosporiaceae | Vizzini, Consiglio, M. Marchetti & P. Alvarado[9] | 2020  | Callistosporium
Singer | 6[9] | 34[9] |
Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum
Clavariaceae | Chevall.[12] | 1826  | Clavaria
Vaill. ex L. | 11  | 353  |
Clavaria zollingeri
Cortinariaceae | R.Heim ex Pouzar[6] | 1983  | Cortinarius
Gray | 19  | 3226  |
Cortinarius violaceus
Crassisporiaceae | Vizzini, Consiglio & M. Marchetti[13] | 2019  | Crassisporium
Matheny, P.-A.Moreau & Vizzini | 2  | 6  |
Crassisporium funariophilum
Crepidotaceae | (S. Imai) Singer  | 1951  | Crepidotus
(Fr.) Staude | 5[14][15] | 150[15] |
Crepidotus cinnabarinus
Cyphellaceae | Lotsy[16] | 1907  | Cyphella
Fr. | 15  | 92  |
Cyphella ferruginea
Cystostereaceae | Jülich[17] | 1981  | Cystostereum
Pouzar | 6  | 24  |
Cystostereum murrayi
Entolomataceae | Kotl. & Pouzar[18] | 1972  | Entoloma
(Fr.) P.Kumm. | 8[19] | 2250  |
Entoloma sinuatum
Fistulinaceae | Lotsy[20] | 1907  | Fistulina
Bull. | 3  | 13  |
Fistulina hepatica
Hemigasteraceae | Gäum. & C.W.Dodge[21] | 1928  | Hemigaster
Juel | 2  | 2  |
Hydnangiaceae | Gäum. & C.W.Dodge[21] | 1928  | Hydnangium
Wallr. | 4  | 106  |
Hydnangium carneum
Hygrophoraceae | Lotsy[22] | 1907  | Hygrophorus
Fr. | 34  | 1026  |
Hygrophorus eburneus
Hymenogastraceae | Vittadini[23] | 1831  | Hymenogaster
(Fr.) Fr. | 21  | 1577  |
Hebeloma helodes
Inocybaceae | Jülich[24] | 1982  | Inocybe
(Fr.) Fr. | 7[25] | 1374  |
Inocybe obscura
Limnoperdaceae | G.A.Escobar[26] | 1976  | Limnoperdon
G.A.Escobar | 1  | 1  |
Lycoperdaceae | F. Berchtold & J. Presl  | 1820  | Lycoperdon
Pers. | 16  | 411  |
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lyophyllaceae | Jülich[27] | 1982  | Lyophyllum
P.Karst. | 21  | 308  |
Lyophyllum decastes
Macrocystidiaceae | Kühner | 1979  | Macrocystidia
Joss. | 1  | 6  |
Macrocystidia cucumis
Marasmiaceae | Roze ex Kühner[28] | 1980  | Marasmius
Fr. | 13 | 1205  |
Marasmius rotula
Mycenaceae | Overeem[29] | 1926  | Mycena
(Pers.) Roussel | 27  | 1845  |
Mycena galericulata
Mythicomycetaceae | Vizzini, Consiglio & M. Marchetti[30] | 2019  | Mythicomyces
Redhead & A.H.Sm. | 2  | 2  |
Mythicomyces corneipes
Niaceae | Jülich[31] | 1981  | Nia
R.T.Moore & Meyers | 11  | 168  |
Merismodes fasciculata
Nidulariaceae | Dumort.  | 1822  | Nidularia
Fr. | 5  | 70  |
Cyathus striatus
Omphalotaceae | Bresinsky  | 1985  | Omphalotus
Fayod | 18  | 701  |
Omphalotus olearius
Phelloriniaceae | Doweld[N 2][5] | 2014[N 3] | Phellorinia
Berk. | 2  | 2  |
Phellorinia herculeana
Phyllotopsidaceae | Locquin ex Olariaga, Huhtinen, Læssøe, J.H. Petersen & K. Hansen[32] | 2020  | Phyllotopsis
E.-J. Gilbert & Donk ex Singer | 3  | 17  |
Phyllotopsis nidulans
Physalacriaceae | Corner[33] | 1970  | Physalacria
Peck | 30  | 363  |
Rhodotus palmatus
Pleurotaceae | Kühner[34] | 1980  | Pleurotus
(Fr.) P.Kumm. | 13  | 412  |
Pleurotus ostreatus
Pluteaceae
| Kotl. & Pouzar[18] | 1972  | Pluteus
Fr. | 6  | 526  |
Pluteus cervinus
Porotheleaceae
| Murrill | 1916  | Porotheleum
Fr. | 7  | 27  |
Hydropus nigrita |

Psathyrellaceae
| Vilgalys & al.[35] | 2001  | Psathyrella
(Fr.) Quél. | 27  | 1122  |
Psathyrella gracilis
Pseudoclitocybaceae | Vizzini, Consiglio, P.-A. Moreau & P. Alvarado[36] | 2018  | Pseudoclitocybe
(Singer) Singer (1956) | 7  | 36  |
Pseudoclitocybe cyathiformis
Pterulaceae
| Corner[33] | 1970  | Pterula
Fr. | 7[37][N 4] | 120  |
Pterula subulata
Radulomycetaceae
| Leal-Dutra, Dentinger & G.W.Griff.[37] | 2020  | Radulomyces
M.P. Christ. | 3[37] | 34  |
Radulomyces copelandii
Schizophyllaceae | Quél.[38] | 1888  | Schizophyllum
Fr. | 3  | 14  |
Schizophyllum commune
Squamanitaceae | Jülich[39] | 1981  | Squamanita
Imbach | 6  | 65  |
Cystoderma carcharias
Stephanosporaceae | Oberw. & E.Horak | 1979  | Stephanospora
Pat. (1914) | 7  | 51  |
Lindtneria trachyspora
Strophariaceae | Singer & A.H.Sm.[40] | 1946  | Stropharia
(Fr.) Quél. | 14  | 704  |
Stropharia aeruginosa
Tricholomataceae | R.Heim ex Pouzar[6] | 1983  | Tricholoma
(Fr.) Staude | 56[N 5][3] | 540  |
Tricholoma flavovirens
Tubariaceae | Vizzini  | 2008  | Tubaria
(W.G. Sm.) Gillet | 7  | 166  |
Tubaria furfuracea
Typhulaceae | Jülich[41] | 1982  | Typhula
(Pers.) Fr. | 1[32] | 85  |
Typhula sclerotioides

## See also

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* List of Agaricales genera

## Notes

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1. ^ Kalichman (2022) accepts 18 genera in Agaricaceae sensu stricto, placing many other genera in the Battarreaceae, Coprinaceae, and Verrucosporaceae.
2. ^ Kalichman (2022) considers Phelloriniaceae to be a later synonym of Battarreaceae with eight genera.
3. ^ Initially published by Ulbrich in 1951, but this was invalid.
4. ^ The paper states that "six genera" comprise the Pterulaceae, but lists seven.
5. ^ Kalichman et al. (2020) accept ten genera in Tricholomataceae sensu stricto, but many additional genera await research.

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