Blastosporella

Blastosporella
in Murillo, Colombia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Lyophyllaceae
Genus: Blastosporella
T.J.Baroni & Franco-Mol.
Type species
Blastosporella zonata
T.J.Baroni & Franco-Mol.

Blastosporella is a genus of fungus in the Lyophyllaceae family.[1] The genus is monotypic, containing the single South American species Blastosporella zonata, described as new to science in 2007. The fungus produces fruit bodies characterized by producing spherical balls of blastospores that cover the cap surface in maturity.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 
  2. ^ Baroni TJ, Franco-Molano AE, Lodge DJ, Lindner DL, Horak E, Hofstetter V. (2007). "Arthromyces and Blastosporella, two new genera of conidia producing lyophylloid agarics (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) from the Neotropics". Mycological Research 111 (5): 572–80. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.03.007. PMID 17572336. 

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