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French botanist François FulgisChevallier published Agaricaceae family of the order Agaricales in the class Agaricomycetes in 1826. Most species are saprobic and prefer grassland and woodland habitats. Umbrella-shaped sporophores are found chiefly in this family having thin, bladelike gills on the under surface of the cap from which the spores are shed. The gilled mushrooms in this family lack a universal veil, so no volva or warts are present. Most have a partial veil that often leaves a ring on the stem. Recently DNA evidence has moved a number of other families such as Lepiotaceae, Lycoperdaceae also into the Agaricaceae.
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Joshi, M., Bhargava, P., Bhatt, M., Kadri, S., Shri, M., Joshi, C.G. (2021). Agaricaceae. In: Mushrooms of Gujarat. Fungal Diversity Research Series. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4999-8_10
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