Macrometrula

Macrometrula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Psathyrellaceae
Genus: Macrometrula
Donk & Singer (1948)
Type species
Macrometrula rubriceps
(Cooke & Massee) Donk & Singer (1948)
Synonyms

Agaricus rubriceps Cooke & Massee (1887)
Chitonia rubriceps (Cooke & Massee) Sacc. (1887)
Clarkeinda rubriceps (Cooke & Massee) Kuntze (1891)

Macrometrula is a fungal genus in the Psathyrellaceae family.[1] The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Macrometrula rubriceps, found growing in a greenhouse in the Kew Gardens, England.[2] This species was originally named Agaricus rubriceps in 1887.[3]

References

  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 396. ISBN 9780851998268. 
  2. ^ Singer R. (1948). "New genera of fungi. IV". Mycologia 40 (2): 262–8. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59350/0040/002/0262.htm. 
  3. ^ Cooke MC. (1887). "New British fungi". Grevillea 15 (75): 65–7. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59649/0015/075/0065.htm. 

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