Limacella

Limacella is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Amanitaceae in order 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] 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.