Lyophyllaceae

Some species are popular as edible fungi, such as the brown beech mushroom Hypsizygus tessulatus, the St. George's mushroom Calocybe gambosa, and Lyophyllum shimeji.

Taxonomy

Leucocybe, Atractosporocybe, and Rhizocybe are genera that were segregated from Clitocybe based on molecular phylogenetic studies that found that these clades were more closely related to the families Lyophyllaceae and Entolomataceae than to Clitocybe proper. Subsequent studies have found that these genera, along with Hypsizygus, are part of a larger clade that forms a sister group to the family Lyophyllaceae. This clade together, with the core Lyophyllaceae clade, are often designated Lyophyllaceae sensu lato in (as of 2025) current mycological literature. Lyophyllaceae sensu lato in turn is a sister group to the Entolomataceae.