Hymenogaster is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of fungi in the Hymenogastraceae

Hymenogastraceae

The Hymenogastraceae is a family of fungi in the Agaricales.The blue-staining members of the genus Psilocybe form a clade that is sister to Galerina in the Hymenogastraceae; however, they have not yet been formally transferred....

 family. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in temperate

Temperate

In geography, temperate or tepid latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. The changes in these regions between summer and winter are generally relatively moderate, rather than extreme hot or cold...

 regions, and contains about 100 species. The taxonomy of the European species has recently been revised, and twelve species were recognized, for which an identification key was presented.

Species

The following is an incomplete list of species.

• Hymenogaster arenarius
• Hymenogaster citrinus
• Hymenogaster griseus
• Hymenogaster hessei
• Hymenogaster luteus
• Hymenogaster muticus
• Hymenogaster nanus
• Hymenogaster olivaceus
• Hymenogaster rehsteineri
• Hymenogaster sulcatus
• Hymenogaster tener
• Hymenogaster thwaitesii
• Hymenogaster vulgaris

These European species were accepted by Stielow et al. 2011:

• Hymenogaster arenarius
• Hymenogaster bulliardii
• Hymenogaster citrinus
• Hymenogaster griseus
• Hymenogaster huthii
• Hymenogaster intermedius
• Hymenogaster luteus
• Hymenogaster megasporus
• Hymenogaster niveus
• Hymenogaster rehsteineri
• Hymenogaster tener
• Hymenogaster thwaitesii