Gigasperma

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Gigasperma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Gigaspermataceae

(1981)
Genus:
Gigasperma

E.Horak (1971)
Type species
Gigasperma clelandii
(Rodway) E.Horak (1971)
Species

Synonyms[1]

Gigaspermaceae Jülich (1981)

Gigasperma is a monotypic genus of fungi in the order Agaricales with a single species, G. cryptica. It is treated either as the only genus in the monotypic family Gigaspermataceae,[2] or part of the wider Cortinariaceae.[3] Gigasperma was circumscribed by Austrian mycologist Egon Horak in 1971.[4]

Synonyms[]

  • Gigasperma americanum Kropp & L.J. Hutchison, 1996 = (Kropp & L.J. Hutchison) Kropp & Trappe, 2012 [5]
  • Gigasperma clelandii (Rodway) E. Horak, 1971 = Horakiella clelandii (Rodway) Castellano & Trappe, 1992 [6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Gigaspermaceae Jülich 1981". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 282. ISBN 9780851998268.
  3. ^ "Cortinariaceae R. Heim ex Pouzar, Česká Mykol. 37: 174 (1983)". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  4. ^ Horak E. (1971). "Contributions to the knowledge of the Agaricales s.l. (Fungi) of New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 9 (3): 463–93. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1971.10430194.
  5. ^ Mycobank Cryptolepiota americana
  6. ^ Mycobank Horakiella clelandii

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