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Omphalotaceae

The Omphalotaceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. Basidiocarps are most frequently agarics, but occasionally corticioid or poroid.

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718
accepted species in GBIF
Source: GBIF
21
genera in GBIF
Source: GBIF
1
plant on Plant News
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Plants in this family

1 plant

Genera in this family

With one plant each: Lentinula (Shiitake).

Research on Omphalotaceae

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Thousands of labeled shiitake photos could teach computers to grade...

Growing shiitake at home or at scale means sorting by hand every time; AI trained on datasets lik...

What science is finding about Omphalotaceae

Every article on Plant News that mentions a member of this family, newest first.

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Thousands of labeled shiitake photos could teach computers to grade mushrooms

Researchers built a large, freely available image dataset of shiitake mushrooms photographed in real growing conditions, covering three varieties and four categories including growth stages and deformed specimens. The dataset is designed to train AI systems that can automate mushroom grading, harvesting robots, and yield estimation.