Cribbea

Cribbea
Cribbea sp. from New South Wales, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Physalacriaceae
Genus: Cribbea
A.H.Sm. & D.A.Reid
Type species
Cribbea gloriosa
(D.A.Reid) A.H.Sm. & D.A.Reid
Species

C. andina
C. gloriosa
C. reticulata
C. turbinispora

Cribbea is a genus of secotioid fungi in the [[Physalacriaceae family. The genus has a widespread distribution in southern temperate areas, and, according to a 2008 estimate, contains four species.[1] A new species, Cribbea turbinispora, was reported from Australia in 2009, and in the same publication, C. lamellata was synonymized with C. gloriosa.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 
  2. ^ Lebel T, Catcheside PS. (2009). "The truffle genus Cribbea (Physalacriaceae, Agaricales) in Australia". Australian Systematic Botany 22: 39–55. doi:10.1071/SB07041. 

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