This family of mushrooms is known for having hymenium on their gills, brown spores and a hymenoderm pileipellis (basically the cuticle). The following are common genera
Agrogaster
Bolbitius
Conocybe
Cyphellopus
Cyttarophyllopsis
Galerella
Galeropsis
Gymnoglossum
Panaeolus
Pholiotina
Ptychella
Rhodoarrhenia
Tubariella
Tubariopsis
Tympanella
Wielandomyces
Cite this Page: Nelson, R. 2011. "Bolbits"
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