Gigasperma

Gigasperma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Gigaspermaceae
Jülich (1981)
Genus: Gigasperma
E.Horak (1971)
Type species
Gigasperma clelandii
(Rodway) E.Horak (1971)
Species

G. americanum
G. cryptica

Synonyms[1]

Gigaspermataceae Jülich (1981)

Gigasperma is a genus of fungi in the order Agaricales that contains the two species G. americanum and G. cryptica. It is treated either as the only genus in the monotypic family Gigaspermaceae,[2] or part of the wider Cortinariaceae.[3] Gigasperma was circumscribed by Austrian mycologist Egon Horak in 1971.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Gigaspermaceae Jülich 1981". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 282. ISBN 9780851998268.
  3. "Cortinariaceae R. Heim ex Pouzar, Česká Mykol. 37: 174 (1983)". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  4. Horak E. (1971). "Contributions to the knowledge of the Agaricales s.l. (Fungi) of New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 9: 463–93. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1971.10430194.
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