“…This genus currently includes about five hundred accepted species [ 5 ], but a lot of them need taxonomic revision using modern phylogenetic methods. Pluteus species are widely distributed in Holarctic [ 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 ], Neotropical [ 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 ], Paleotropical [ 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 ] and Austral ecosystems [ 47 , 48 , 49 ]. The genus has traditionally been subdivided into morphological groups (sections, subsections) according to the characteristics of the hymenial cystidia and the type of pileipellis [ 3 , 22 , 23 , 32 ].…”