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Phlegmacium

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Taxonomy

The genus was created in 1877 by the German mycologist Friedrich Otto Wünsche based on the earlier 1821 classification of the Agaricus tribe Phlegmacium by the Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries.

In 2022 the family Cortinariaceae, which previously contained only the one genus of Cortinarius was reclassified based on genomic data and split into the genera of Cortinarius, Aureonarius, Austrocortinarius, Calonarius, Cystinarius, Hygronarius, Mystinarius, Phlegmacium, Thaxterogaster and Volvanarius. Numerous Cortinarius species were transferred into the genus of Phlegmacium as a result of this work.

The genus is further divided with subgenus and section classifications:

  • Phlegmacium subgenus Phlegmacium includes the clade: Caligata and the sections: Phlegmacium, Arguta, Claricoloria, Elastica, Obsoleta, Phlegmacioida, Percomia, Rhizophora, Seraria, and Varia.
  • Phlegmacium subgenus Bulbopodium includes the sections: Amoenolentia, Arcifolia, Aureocistophila, Bulbopodium, Caerulea, Caerulescentia, Dionysae, Glaucocephala, Glaucopodes, Subhymenogaster and Taura.
  • Phlegmacium subgenus Carbonella includes the section: Carbonella.

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