Genea

Genea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Pyronemataceae
Genus:	Genea; Vittad. (1831)
Type species
	Genea verrucosa; Klotzsch (1839)
Synonyms
	Hydnocaryon Wallr. (1833)

Genea (derived from the Greek word γενεά, meaning "descent") is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. There are about 32 species in the genus that occur in North America and Europe.^[2] The genus was circumscribed by Italian mycologist Carlo Vittadini in 1831.^[3]

Selected species[]

Genea harknessii

Genea Reed

References[]

^ "Genea Vittad. 1831". International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
^ Vittadini C. (1831). Monographia Tuberacearum (in Latin). Milan, Italy: Ex Typographia F. Rusconi. p. 27.

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[urlMycoBank:_Genea-1] "Genea Vittad. 1831". International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-06-29.

[Kirk2008-2] Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

[Vittadini1831-3] Vittadini C. (1831). Monographia Tuberacearum (in Latin). Milan, Italy: Ex Typographia F. Rusconi. p. 27.

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