Secotium

Secotium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Secotium
Kunze (1840)
Type species
Secotium gueinzii
Kunze (1840)
Species

S. coarctatum
S. czerniaievii
S. fragariosum
S. gueinzii
S. himalaicum
S. minutulum
S. ochraceum

Secotium is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae.

The members of this genus are closely related to ordinary Agaricus mushrooms, but do not open out in the usual way; this has given rise to the term "secotioid" for such mushrooms in general. They are thought to form an evolutionary link between Agarics and Gasteroid fungi (whose spores are enclosed in a pouch-like structure). The widespread genus contains about 10 species that are predominantly found in warm and arid regions.[1]

The secotioid species Agaricus deserticola used to be named Secotium texense before its strong connection to Agaricus caused it to be reclassified.

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 628. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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