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Romagnesiella

Romagnesiella Contu, Matheny, P.A. Moreau, Vizzini & A. de Haan, in Matheny et al., Systematics and Biodiversity 13(1): 36 (2014)

Etymology: named in honour of Henri Romagnesi, French mycologist (19121997) (gender: feminine).

Diagnosis: Basidiomata naucorioid, lamellae distant, adnate to subdecurrent; pileus dry, not hygrophanus; stipe smooth, without a partial veil. Basidiospores smooth, more or less ovate, not subangular, yellow in water mounts, reddish ochre in KOH, not dextrinoid, germ pore absent; necrobasidia numerous; cheilocystidia present, edges of lamellae smooth and (sub)sterile, pleurocystidia present but dispersed and infrequent, pileipellis filamentous, hymenophoral trama regular, clamp connections frequent. On unburnt soil or sand among mosses and grasses.

Index Fungorum number: IF519559

Type species: Romagnesiella clavus (Romagn.) Contu, Matheny, P.A. Moreau, Vizzini & A. de Haan, in Matheny et al., Systematics and Biodiversity 13(1): 36 (2014)

 

Species

Romagnesiella clavus (Romagn.) Contu, Matheny, P.-A. Moreau, Vizzini & A. de Haan 2014

Romagnesiella clavus f. clavus (Romagn.) Contu, Matheny, P.-A. Moreau, Vizzini & A. de Haan 2014

Romagnesiella sanctae-christinae Contu & P.-A. Moreau 2014

 

References:

Matheny PB, Moreau PA, Vizzini A, Harrower E, de Haan A, Contu M, Curti M. 2014. Crassisporium and Romagnesiella: two new genera of dark-spored Agaricales. Systematics and Biodiversity. 13(1):28 41

 

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