Hemistropharia
| Hemistropharia | |
|---|---|
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| In Hocking Hills State Forest, Ohio, USA | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | unknown (possibly Hymenogastraceae or Tubarieae) |
| Genus: | Hemistropharia (Peck) Jacobsson & E. Larss. |
| Type species | |
| Hemistropharia albocrenulata Peck | |
| Synonyms | |
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Agaricus albocrenulatus Peck | |
Hemistropharia is a genus of agarics of unclear classification, though possibly related to the Hymenogastraceae or Tubarieae. A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Hemistropharia albocrenulata. This species, originally named Agaricus albocrenulatus by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1873, is synonymous with the names Pholiota albocrenulata (Peck) Sacc. and Stropharia albocrenulata (Peck) Kreisel, among others.[1] The genus most closely resembles a typical Pholiota where it was previously classified and described[2] and it causes a decay in trees as does a true Pholiota. Unlike Pholiota, Hemistropharia albocrenulata lacks chrysocystidia, and it has darker basidiospores.
References
- ↑ Jacobsson S, Larsson E. (2007). "Hemistropharia, a new genus in Agaricales". Mycotaxon 102: 235–40.
- ↑ Smith AH and Hesler LR. (1968). The North American Species of Pholiota. New York, NY: Hafner Publ. Co.