Gastropila

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Gastropila
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Gastropila fumosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Gastropila
Homrich & J.E.Wright (1973)
Type species
Gastropila fragilis
(Lév.) Homrich & J.E.Wright (1973)
Species

G. fragilis
G. fumosa
G. hesperia
G. subcretacea

Gastropila is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus, described in 1973, [1] contains four puffball-like species distributed in the Americas. [2]

See also

References

  1. Homrich MH, Wright JE (1973). "South American Gasteromycetes. The genera Gastropila, Lanopila and Mycenastrum" . Mycologia. 65 (4): 779–94. doi:10.2307/3758517. JSTOR   3758517.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 274. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.