Palaeocephala

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| regnum = Fungi

| divisio = Basidiomycota

| classis = Agaricomycetes

| ordo = Agaricales

| familia = Marasmiaceae or Physalacriaceae

| genus = Palaeocephala

| genus_authority = Singer

| type_species = Palaeocephala cymatelloides

| type_species_authority = (Dennis & D.A.Reid) Singer

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Palaeocephala is a genus of fungi. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Palaeocephala cymatelloides, described by Rolf Singer in 1962. According to the Dictionary of the Fungi, the genus is classified in either the Marasmiaceae or Physalacriaceae families; the taxonomical database MycoBank includes it in the Marasmiaceae.

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{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |edition=10th |publisher=CABI |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=491 |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}

{{cite journal |title=Diagnoses fungorum novorum Agaricalium II |journal=Sydowia |author=Singer R. |year=1961 |volume=15 |issue=1–6 |pages=45–83}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=18175 |title=Palaeocephala Singer 1962 |publisher=International Mycological Association |work=MycoBank |accessdate=2010-12-03}}

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Category:Marasmiaceae

Category:Monotypic Agaricales genera

Category:Taxa named by Rolf Singer

Palaeocephala

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