Fungi named in 1961

Leccinum vulpinum, commonly known as the foxy bolete, is a species of edible mushroom-forming fungus found in Europe. It is characterized by its muted fox-red cap with cocoa-brown tints, cream-coloured pore surface, and stout stipe covered with scales that darken from whitish to dark brown with age. This bolete is distinguished from its close relatives by its consistent association with conifers (especially Scots pine), subdued brown-reddish cap lacking vivid yellow-orange tones, and relatively narrow spores. Originally described by Roy Watling in 1961 from Scotland, it has since been

The Gomphaceae are a diverse family of fungi belonging in what is classically known as the Phallales or cladistically as the gomphoid-phalloid clade. In 2008, the family had 13 genera and 287 species.

The Discinaceae are a family of ascomycete fungi, the best known members of which are the false morels of the genus Gyromitra. Originally erected by Erich Heinz Benedix in 1961, it was found to be a discrete clade in a molecular study of ribosomal DNA by mycologist Kerry O'Donnell in 1997. As of 2008, the family is thought to contain 5 genera and 58 species. As of 2022, the GBIF accepts Discina (Fr.) Fr. (27 spp), Gymnohydnotrya B.C.Zhang & Minter, 1989 (4 spp), Gyromitra Fr., 1849 (73 spp), Hydnotrya Berk. & Broome (52 spp) and Maublancomyces (1 sp). But calls Neogyromitra S.Imai and

The Clavulinaceae are a family of fungi in the order Cantharellales. The family is not well defined, but currently comprises species of clavarioid (club and coral) fungi as well as some corticioid (crust- and patch-forming) fungi. These species are nutritionally diverse, some being ectomycorrhizal, others wood-rotting saprotrophs, others lichenized, and yet others lichenicolous (growing on or parasitizing lichens).

The Bankeraceae are a family of fungi in the order Thelephorales. Taxa are terrestrial, and ectomycorrhizal with plant species in families such as Pinaceae or Fagaceae. The family was circumscribed by Marinus Anton Donk in 1961. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 6 genera and 98 species.

The Echinodontiaceae are a family of crust fungi in the order Russulales. Species of this family, divided amongst two genera—Echinodontium and Laurilia—have a widespread distribution, although they are especially predominant in north temperate zones. They are parasitic or saprobic on wood, and may cause white rot of angiosperms and gymnosperms.

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Mycocalia is a genus of fungi in the family Nidulariaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are minute (typically under 5 mm in diameter) and irregularly spherical. Each produces one or more peridioles which contain the spores and are released from the disintegrating fruit bodies at maturity. Species are usually found growing on herbaceous stems and other plant debris. The genus was originally described in 1961 by British mycologist J.T. Palmer and has a north temperate distribution.

Venturia carpophila is a species of fungus in the family Venturiaceae. A plant pathogen, it causes freckle, black spot, peach scab or black scab of peach. It has a cosmopolitan distribution. The species was described as new to science in 1961 by the Australian mycologist Eileen E. Fisher.

Hebeloma cavipes is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae.

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Sphaerosporella is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae.

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Panaeolus antillarum is a species of mushroom in the family Bolbitiaceae.

Nia is a genus of fungi in the family Niaceae. The genus contains three species adapted to a marine environment. All are wood-rotting fungi, producing small, gasteroid basidiocarps (fruit bodies) on driftwood, submerged timber, mangrove wood, and similar substrates. The type species, Nia vibrissa, is widespread in temperate and tropical seas.

The Lipomycetaceae are a family of yeasts in the order Lipomycetales. According to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota, the family contains five genera; the placement of the genus Kawasakia is uncertain. Species in the family have a widespread distribution, and grow in the soil or in association with insects.

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Climacodon pulcherrimus is a white rot–causing species of tooth fungus in the family Phanerochaetaceae. The species was first described as a species of Hydnum by Miles Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1849. T. L. Nikolajeva transferred it to its current genus, Climacodon, in 1962, but research published in 2007 suggests it should be placed in a different genus. It is widely distributed in subtropical and tropical areas, where it grows on decomposing hardwoods, causing a white rot.

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Cherry leaf spot (Blumeriella jaapii) is a fungal disease which infects cherries and plums. Sweet, sour, and ornamental cherries are susceptible to the disease, being most prevalent in sour cherries. The variety of sour cherries that is the most susceptible are the English morello cherries. This is considered a serious disease in the Midwest, New England states, and Canada. It has also been estimated to infect 80 percent of orchards in the Eastern states. It must be controlled yearly to avoid a significant loss of the crop. If not controlled properly, the disease can dramatically reduce

Blumeriella is a genus of fungi in the family Drepanopezizaceae, formerly placed in Dermateaceae. The genus contain five species.

Asterocyphella is a genus of fungi in the Cyphellaceae family. The widespread genus contains three species.

Resupinatus is a genus of fungi in the family Resupinataceae, of which it is the only member. Species are saprobic, and often found growing on the underside of decaying wood or sides of decaying woody substrates. The generic name is derived from the Latin resupinus (bent backward, inverted).

Sphaerosporella brunnea is a pyrophilic species of small ascomycete cup fungi that commonly makes its habitat on burned substrates. Sphaerosporella brunnea is synonymous with Sphaerosporella hinnulea, Trichophaea brunnea, Peziza brunnea and numerous other fungi due to previously conceived variations in the fungi's habitat, substrate, and color ranging from dark brown to a light yellow-orange, however these differences were soon found to be negligible. S. brunnea is ectomycorrhizal, suspected to be saprobic, and is thought to be commonly widely distributed in Australia, Asia, the eastern

Phaeoporotheleum is a genus of fungi in the Cyphellaceae family. The genus contains two species collectively distributed in Cuba and Argentina.

Peniophora albobadia is a species of crust fungus in the family Peniophoraceae.

Nannizzia is a genus of fungus in the family Arthrodermataceae. The genus name of Nannizzia is in honour of Arturo Nannizzi (1877-1961), who was an Italian botanist, docent in Mycology and in 1935 was Director of the Botanical Garden in Siena. The genus was circumscribed by Phyllis Margaret Stockdale in Sabouraudia vol.1 on page 45 in 1961.

Lactarius cinnabarinus is a North American gasteroid fungus species in the family Russulaceae with a cinnabar-red peridium. Up until 2024 it was considered to be the type species of Zelleromyces, and like other members of its genus, it was considered after phylogenetic studies that it should be transferred to the genus Lactarius. It was described from a collection made under pine in Jackson, Louisiana.

Phialocephala is a genus of fungi in the family Mollisiaceae. It has a worldwide distribution. It contains 39 accepted species and numerous undescribed taxa.

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