Stephensia (fungus)

Stephensia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Pyronemataceae
Genus:	Stephensia; Tul. (1845)
Type species
	Stephensia bombycina; (Vittad.) Tul. (1851)

Last updated May 11, 2025

Stephensia is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. It is treated by some as a synonym of Hydnocystis , with the type species, S. bombycina, being transferred to Hydnocystis.^[1]

References

↑ Kumar, Leticia M.; Smith, Matthew E.; Nouhra, Eduardo R.; Orihara, Takamichi; Sandoval Leiva, Pablo; Pfister, Donald H.; McLaughlin, David J.; Trappe, James M.; Healy, Rosanne A. (2017-03-01). "A molecular and morphological re-examination of the generic limits of truffles in the tarzetta-geopyxis lineage – Densocarpa, Hydnocystis, and Paurocotylis". Fungal Biology . 121 (3): 264–284. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2016.12.004. ISSN 1878-6146.

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[1] Kumar, Leticia M.; Smith, Matthew E.; Nouhra, Eduardo R.; Orihara, Takamichi; Sandoval Leiva, Pablo; Pfister, Donald H.; McLaughlin, David J.; Trappe, James M.; Healy, Rosanne A. (2017-03-01). "A molecular and morphological re-examination of the generic limits of truffles in the tarzetta-geopyxis lineage – Densocarpa, Hydnocystis, and Paurocotylis". Fungal Biology . 121 (3): 264–284. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2016.12.004. ISSN 1878-6146.

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