title: Chromocyphellaceae
text: # Chromocyphellaceae
  
  The Chromocyphellaceae are a family of basidiomycete fungi described by mycologist Henning Knudsen in 2010.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  The family comprises the two genera Chromocyphella and Phaeosolenia, which previously belonged to the Inocybaceae, based on molecular evidence.
  
  ## Morphology
  
  Characteristic features of the family includes cyphelloid fruitbodies and brown, smooth or verrucose spores with germ pores or some callus formation.
  
  