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Paxillaceae
The Paxillaceae are a family of mushroom-forming fungi bearing close affinity to the boletes. Collectively, the family contains nine genera and 78 species. The type genus is Paxillus, containing fungi with decurrent gills, and Gyrodon, which has members with decurrent pores, among others. French mycologist René Maire had erected the family in 1902, placing it between the agarics and boletes and recognizing the groups' similarities with the latter group. Maire's usage of the name was later...
10 branches of this family, most-observed first
Rollrims
genusPaxillus
Melanogaster
genusMelanogaster
Paragyrodon
genusParagyrodon
Gyrodon
genusGyrodon
Alpova
genusAlpova
Hydnomerulius
genusHydnomerulius
Neoalpova
genusNeoalpova
Hoehnelogaster
genusHoehnelogaster
Rodwaya
genusRodwaya
Pseudogyrodon
genusPseudogyrodon
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55942.