Battarrea
| Battarrea | |
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| Battarrea phalloides | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Battarrea Pers. (1801) |
| Type species | |
| Battarrea phalloides (Dicks.) Pers. (1801) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Battarrea is a genus of mushroom-producing fungi. The genus used to be classified in the family Tulostomaceae[2] until molecular phylogenetics revealed its affinity to the Agaricaceae. Species of Battarrea have a peridium (spore sac) that rests atop an elongated, hollow stipe with a surface that tends to become torn into fibrous scales. Inside the peridium, the gleba consists of spherical, warted spores, and a capillitium of simple or brached hyphal threads that have spiral or angular thickenings. The genus is named after Italian priest and naturalist Giovanni Antonio Battarra.[3]
Species
- Battarrea arenicola Copel. (1904)
- Battarrea franciscana Copel. (1904)
- Battarrea guachiparum Speg. (1898)
- Battarrea laciniata Underw. ex V.S.White (1901)
- Battarrea levispora Massee (1901)
- Battarrea patagonica Speg. (1898)
- Battarrea phalloides (Dicks.) Pers. (1801)
See also
References
- ↑ Welwitsch F, Currey F. (1868). "Transactions of the Linnaean Society of London" 26. pp. 279–94.
- ↑ Cannon PF, Kirk PM. (2007). Fungal Families of the World. CAB International. p. 363. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
- ↑ Rea C. (1922). British Basidiomycetae: A Handbook to the Larger British Fungi. Cambridge University Press Archive. p. 53.