Cystinarius is a genus of fungi in the family Cortinariaceae.
Taxonomy
The genus was created in 2022 when 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.
The genus is further divided with subgenus and section classifications:
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Cystinarius subgenus Cystinarius includes the section: Cystinarius.
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Cystinarius subgenus Crassi includes the section: Crassi.
Etymology
The name
Cystinarius derives from
Cystidium and
Cortinarius. This is in reference to the cystidia found in this genus.
Species
As of January 2023, Species Fungorum lists six accepted species of
Cystinarius.
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Cystinarius crassus (Fr.) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
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Cystinarius eutactus (Soop) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
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Cystinarius paurigarhwalensis (Semwal, Dima & Soop) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
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Cystinarius rubicundulus (Rea) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
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Cystinarius rubiginosus (Ammirati, Bojantchev, Niskanen & Liimat.) Liimat. & Niskanen (2022)
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Cystinarius subgemmeus (Soop) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
