Sclerogaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Geastrales
Family:
Sclerogastraceae

Locq. ex P.M.Kirk (2008)
Genus:
Sclerogaster

R.Hesse (1891)
Type species
Sclerogaster lanatus
Mattir. (1900)

The Sclerogastraceae are a family of fungi in the order Geastrales. The family contains the single genus Sclerogaster, which contains 10 species found in Europe and America.[1] The genus was circumscribed by botanist Rudolf Hesse in 1891.[2]

Species

  • Sclerogaster candidus
  • Sclerogaster columellatus
  • Sclerogaster compactus
  • Sclerogaster gastrosporioides
  • Sclerogaster hysterangioides
  • Sclerogaster luteocarneus
  • Sclerogaster minor
  • Sclerogaster pacificus
  • Sclerogaster siculus
  • Sclerogaster xerophilus

References

  1. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 623. ISBN 9780851998268.
  2. ↑ Hesse R. (1891). Hypogaeen Deutschlands. 1. Die Hymenogastreen (in German). Vol. 1.


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