Cystolepiota

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Cystolepiota
Cystolepiota seminuda
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Cystolepiota

Singer (1952)
Type species
Cystolepiota constricta
Singer (1952)
Synonyms[2]

Cystolepiota is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Agaricaceae.

Taxonomy

The genus was circumscribed by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1952, who originally included three species: C. brunneotingens, C. luteifolia, and the type species C. constricta.[3]

Species

Cystolepiota mushrooms growing from the base of a native New Zealand tree fern Dicksonia fibrosa

As of January 2016, Index Fungorum lists 43 species in Cystolepiota:[4]

References

  1. ^ Bon M. (1993). "Novitates – Famille Lepiotaceae Roze ex Overeem". Documents Mycologiques (in French). 22 (88): 27–32.
  2. ^ "Synonymy: Cystolepiota Singer". Species Fungorum. CAN International. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
  3. ^ Singer R, Digilio APL. (1951). Pródromo de la Flora Agaricina Argentina. Lilloa (in Spanish). Vol. 25 (3 ed.). Vaduz: Cramer. p. 281.
  4. ^ Kirk PM. "Species Fungorum (version 23rd December 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2016-01-09.
  5. ^ Arun Kumar TK, Manimohan P. (2009). "The genus Cystolepiota (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) in Kerala State, India". Mycotaxon. 107: 277–284. doi:10.5248/107.277.