Agaricales » Agaricales genera incertae sedis

Lepistella

Lepistella T.J. Baroni & Ovrebo, in Ovrebo & Baroni, Fungal Diversity 27(1): 159 (2007)

 

Etymology: ‘Lepist from genus Lepista; ella (Latin) - indicating smallness.

Diagnosis Similar to Lepista but differing by the lignicolous habit, eccentric stipe, yellowish-brown pigmented basidiospores in KOH or NH4OH and the presence of gelatinized refractive collapsed hyphae in the lamella trama and pileus context.

Index Fungorum number: IF510737

Type species: Lepistella ocula T.J. Baroni & Ovrebo, in Ovrebo & Baroni, Fungal Diversity 27(1): 159 (2007)

 

Reference:

Ovrebo, C.L.; Baroni, T.J. 2007. New Taxa of Tricholomataceae and Entolomataceae (Agaricales) from Central America. Fungal Diversity. 27:157-170

 

About Basidiomycota

The webpage Basidiomycota provides an up-to-date classification and account of all genera of the phylum Basidiomycota.

 

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Thailand Science Research and Innovation (TSRI)

project entitled:

"Macrofungi diversity research from the Lancang-Mekong Watershed and surrounding areas"

(Grant No. DBG6280009)

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