| Battarrea | |
|---|---|
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| Battarrea phalloides | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Battarrea Pers. (1801) |
| Type species | |
| Battarrea phalloides (Dicks.) Pers. (1801) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Battarrea is a genus of mushroom-producing fungi. The genus used to be classified in the family Tulostomaceae [3] until molecular phylogenetics revealed its affinity to the Agaricaceae. Species of Battarrea have a peridium (spore sac) that rests atop an elongated, hollow stipe with a surface that tends to become torn into fibrous scales. Inside the peridium, the gleba consists of spherical, warted spores, and a capillitium of simple or branched hyphal threads that have spiral or angular thickenings. The genus is named after Italian priest and mycologist Giovanni Antonio Battarra. [4]
