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Danny’s DNA Discoveries – Campanellaceae of the PNW (Marasmiineae)
by Danny Miller

Introduction

Those species are mostly pleurotoid, with few, cross-veined gills. They, along with the Omphalotaceae, could be considered part of an enlarged Marasmiaceae.

Unfortunately, there's not much rhyme nor reason to identifying the vast multitude of miscellaneous white spored mushrooms to family, as many mushrooms in different families and even sub-orders lack distinctive traits, so they have to be learned individually.

abundant common uncommon rare - colour codes match my Pictorial Key and are my opinions and probably reflect my bias of living in W WA. Rare species may be locally common in certain places at certain times.

Summary of Interesting Results

Here are some of the newest, most interesting results of the study:

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Campanella/Tetrapyrgos/Metacampanella/etc. - click to expand

Typically thought of as pleurotoid with off-center or missing stems with rudimentary cross-veined folds, but also contains the former 'Marasmiellus' candidus, also found on stems. These genera do not belong in the Marasmiaceae as currently defined, but the Marasmiaceae could be expanded to include this family and the Omphalotaceae.

The paper that segregated and erected Metacampanella noted that if the three genera in this section are kept apart, a half dozen more genera will need to be described. It might be better to combine them into one genus, Campanella, instead of necessitating the creation of many more obscure, tiny genera. You might want to think of all these as Campanella.

Species mentioned: Marasmiellus candidus, tricolor. Tetrapyrgos subdendrophora.

 

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