{{Short description|Genus of fungi}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Volvanarius thaumastus (cropped).jpg | image_caption = ''Volvanarius thaumastus'' | taxon = Volvanarius | authority = Niskanen & Liimat. (2022) | type_species = ''Volvanarius chlorosplendidus'' | type_species_authority = (Furci, Niskanen, Beatriz San-Fabian, Liimat. & Salgado Salomón) Niskanen & Liimat. (2021) }}
'''''Volvanarius''''' is a genus of fungi in the family Cortinariaceae.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Index Fungorum - Volvanarius Niskanen & Liimat. |url=http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=553603 |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=www.indexfungorum.org}}</ref>
== 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''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Liimatainen |first=Kare |last2=Kim |first2=Jan T. |last3=Pokorny |first3=Lisa |last4=Kirk |first4=Paul M. |last5=Dentinger |first5=Bryn |last6=Niskanen |first6=Tuula |date=2022-01-01 |title=Taming the beast: a revised classification of Cortinariaceae based on genomic data |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-022-00499-9 |journal=Fungal Diversity |language=en |volume=112 |issue=1 |pages=89–170 |doi=10.1007/s13225-022-00499-9 |issn=1878-9129|hdl=2299/25409 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
The genus is further divided with subgenus classifications:<ref name=":1" />
* ''Volvanarius'' subgenus ''Thaumasti.'' * ''Volvanarius'' subgenus ''Volvanarius.''
== Etymology == The name ''Volvanarius'' derives from the word volva and ''Cortinarius.'' This is in reference to the volva which many species in this genus present with.<ref name=":1" />
== Species == As of January 2023, Species Fungorum accepted eight species of ''Volvanarius''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Species Fungorum - Volvanarius |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/names/names.asp?strGenus=Volvanarius&GSD=Yes |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=www.speciesfungorum.org}}</ref> # ''Volvanarius chlorophanus'' <small>(M.M. Moser) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)</small> # ''Volvanarius chlorosplendidus'' <small>(Furci, Niskanen, San-Fabian, Liimat. & Salgado Salomón) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)</small> # ''Volvanarius coleopus'' <small>(M.M. Moser & E. Horak) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)</small> # ''Volvanarius cosmoxanthus'' <small>(M.M. Moser) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)</small> # ''Volvanarius olivaceovaginatus'' <small>(Niskanen, San-Fabian, Liimat. & E. Horak) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)</small> # ''Volvanarius subcosmoxanthus'' <small>(Liimat., San-Fabian & Niskanen) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)</small> # ''Volvanarius thaumastus'' <small>(Soop) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)</small> # ''Volvanarius vaginatus'' <small>(E. Horak & M.M. Moser) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)</small> == References == {{Reflist}}
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Category:Agaricales genera Category:Cortinariaceae
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