Limacella is a genusofmushroom-forming fungi in the family Amanitaceaeinorder Agaricales.[1][2] Some of the species have been classified as members of genus Lepiota. Limacella was described by mycologist Franklin Sumner Earle in 1909.[3]
| Limacella | |
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| Limacella glischra | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Amanitaceae |
| Genus: | Limacella Earle (1909) |
| Type species | |
| Limacella delicata (Fr.) Earle ex Konrad & Maubl. (1930) | |
In some older classification schemes, Limacella has alternatively been placed in family Pluteaceae. The species formerly classified in the genus Limacella are now placed in 4 genera; Catatrama, Limacellopsis, Limacella, and Zhuliangomyces.[2][4][5]
| Name | Taxon author | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Limacella alachuana | (Murrill) Pegler | 1983 |
| Limacella anomologa | (Berk. & Broome) Pegler | 1986 |
| Limacella arida | (Gillet) Konrad & Maubl. | 1926 |
| Limacella asperulospora | Corner | 1994 |
| Limacella bangladeshana | M.I. Hosen & T.H. Li | 2017 |
| Limacella bentista | (Morgan) Murrill | 1914 |
| Limacella broadwayi | (Murrill) H.V. Sm. | 1966 |
| Limacella brunneovenosa | C.C. Nascimento & Wartchow | 2018 |
| Limacella delicata | (Fr.) Earle ex Konrad & Maubl. | 1930 |
| Limacella floridana | (Murrill) H.V. Sm. | 1945 |
| Limacella fulvodisca | (Peck) Murrill | 1912 |
| Limacella furnacea | (Letell.) E.-J. Gilbert | 1928 |
| Limacella glischra | (Morgan) Murrill | 1914 |
| Limacella grisea | Singer | 1989 |
| Limacella kauffmanii | H.V. Sm. | 1945 |
| Limacella laeviceps | (Speg.) Raithelh. | 1980 |
| Limacella magna | B. Kumari & R.C. Upadhyay | 2013 |
| Limacella megalopoda | (Bres.) Maire | 1926 |
| Limacella myochroa | Pegler | 1983 |
| Limacella myxodictyon | (Berk. & Broome) Pegler | 1986 |
| Limacella oaxacana | Singer | 1958 |
| Limacella oblita | (Peck) Murrill | 1914 |
| Limacella ochraceorosea | (Béguet & Bon) Neville & Poumarat | 2004 |
| Limacella olivaceobrunnea | Hongo | 1978 |
| Limacella persoonii | (Fr.) Konrad & Maubl. | 1926 |
| Limacella pitereka | Grgur. | 1997 |
| Limacella quilonensis | Sathe & J.T. Daniel | 1981 |
| Limacella rhodopus | (Bres.) Pegler | 1966 |
| Limacella roseofloccosa | Hora | 1960 |
| Limacella roseola | Murrill | 1943 |
| Limacella singaporeana | Corner | 1994 |
| Limacella solidipes | (Peck) H.V. Sm. | 1945 |
| Limacella steppicola | Zerova | 1974 |
| Limacella steppicola | Zerova & Wasser | 1988 |
| Limacella subfurnacea | Contu | 1990 |
| Limacella subglischra | (S. Imai) S. Ito | 1959 |
| Limacella subpessundata | (Murrill) Singer | 1942 |
| Limacella subtropicana | A. Izhar, Niazi, M. Asif, Haqnawaz, H. Bashir & Khalid | 2022 |
| Limacella taiwanensis | Zhu L. Yang & W.N. Chou | 2002 |
| Limacella wheroparaonea | G.S. Ridl. | 1993 |
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