Gasterella

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Gasterella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Boletales
Family:
Gasterellaceae

Zeller (1948)
Genus:
Gasterella

Zeller & L.B.Walker (1935)
Type species
Gasterella luteophila
Zeller & L.B.Walker (1935)

The Gasterellaceae are a family of fungi in the order Boletales. The family contains a single genus Gasterella, which in turn contains the single species Gasterella luteophila, found in the USA. [1] The genus and species were described by American mycologists Sanford Myron Zeller and Leva Belle Walker in 1935; [2] the family by Zeller in 1948. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 273. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. ↑ Zeller SM, Walker LB (1935). "Gasterella, a new uniloculate Gasteromycete" . Mycologia. 27 (6): 573–9. doi:10.2307/3754171. JSTOR   3754171.
  3. ↑ Zeller SM. (1948). "Notes on certain Gasteromycetes, including two new orders" . Mycologia. 40 (6): 639–68. doi:10.2307/3755316. JSTOR   3755316. PMID   18102856.


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