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Brittlestems and Allies
Psathyrellaceae
The Psathyrellaceae are a family of dark-spored agarics that generally have rather soft, fragile fruiting bodies, and are characterized by black, dark brown, rarely reddish, or even pastel-colored spore prints. About 50% of species produce fruiting bodies that dissolve into ink-like ooze when the spores are mature via autodigestion. Prior to phylogenetic research based upon DNA comparisons, most of the species that autodigested were classified as Coprinaceae, which contained all of the inky-cap mushrooms. However, the
20 branches of this family, most-observed first
Coprinellus
genusCoprinellus
Inkcaps
genusCoprinopsis
Parasola
genusParasola
Brittlestems
genusPsathyrella
Candolleomyces
genusCandolleomyces
Lacrymaria
genusLacrymaria
Coprinellus sect. Setulosi
genusEphemerocybe
Typhrasa
genusTyphrasa
Homophron
genusHomophron
Narcissea
genusNarcissea
Britzelmayria
genusBritzelmayria
Cystoagaricus
genusCystoagaricus
Punjabia
genusPunjabia
Hausknechtia
genusHausknechtia
Heteropsathyrella
genusHeteropsathyrella
Kauffmania
genusKauffmania
Olotia
genusOlotia
Gasteroagaricoides
genusGasteroagaricoides
Cantonopsathyra
genusCantonopsathyra
Pegleropsathyra
genusPegleropsathyra
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 56310.