Neosecotium

Neosecotium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Neosecotium
Singer & A.H.Sm. (1960)
Type species
Neosecotium macrosporum
(Lloyd) Singer & A.H.Sm. (1960)
Species
  • N. africanum
  • N. macrosporum

Neosecotium is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1960 by American mycologists Rolf Singer and Alexander H. Smith.[1] The type species, N. macrosporum, previously only known from the US, was recorded in Mexico in 2012.[2]

References

  1. Singer R, Smith AH. (1960). "Studies on secotiaceous fungi. VII. Secotium and Neosecotium". Madroño 15: 152–8.
  2. Lizárraga M, Esqueda M, Vargas-Luna M, Moreno G. (2012). "First record of the sequestrate fungus Neosecotium macrosporum (Agaricales, Lepiotaceae) from Mexico". Mycotaxon 120: 437–41. doi:10.5248/120.437.

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