Horakiella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Boletales |
Family: | Sclerodermataceae |
Genus: | Horakiella Castellano & Trappe |
Type species | |
Horakiella clelandii (Rodway) Castellano & Trappe |
Horakiella is a genus of fungi within the Sclerodermataceae family that contains the two species H. clelandii and H. watarrkana. [1]
The genus name of Horakiella is in honour of Egon Horak (born 1937), an Austrian mycologist. [2]
The genus was circumscribed in 1992 by Michael A. Castellano and James Martin Trappe in Austral. Syst. Bot., vol.5, on page 641.[ citation needed ]