| Squamanita paradoxa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Tricholomataceae |
| Genus: | Squamanita |
| Species: | S. paradoxa |
| Binomial name | |
| Squamanita paradoxa (A.H.Sm. & Singer) Bas (1965) |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Cystoderma paradoxum A.H.Sm. & Singer (1948) |
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Squamanita paradoxa, commonly known as powdercap strangler, is a species of fungus in the Tricholomataceae family. It is a parasitic fungus that grows as a gall on another fungus, Cystoderma amianthinum.[3] The species was first described as Cystoderma paradoxum by American mycologists Alexander H. Smith and Rolf Singer in 1948, based on specimens collected in Mount Hood National Forest in Oregon.[4] Cornelis Bas transferred the species to the genus Squamanita in 1965.[5] In 2011, it was reported from Worcestershire, UK.[3]