Biology:Battarrea

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Battarrea
Battarrea phalloides 15328.jpg
Battarrea phalloides
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Battarrea
Pers. (1801)
Type species
Battarrea phalloides
(Dicks.) Pers. (1801)
Synonyms[1]
  • Dendromyces Libosch. (1810)
  • Sphaericeps Welw. & Curr. (1868)[2]

Battarrea is a genus of mushroom-producing fungi. The genus used to be classified in the family Tulostomaceae[3] until molecular phylogenetics revealed its affinity to the Agaricaceae. Species of Battarrea have a peridium (spore sac) that rests atop an elongated, hollow stipe with a surface that tends to become torn into fibrous scales. Inside the peridium, the gleba consists of spherical, warted spores, and a capillitium of simple or branched hyphal threads that have spiral or angular thickenings. The genus is named after Italian priest and naturalist Giovanni Antonio Battarra.[4]

Species

  • Battarrea arenicola Copel. (1904)
  • Battarrea franciscana Copel. (1904)
  • Battarrea guachiparum Speg. (1898)
  • Battarrea griffithsii Underw., Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 28: 440 (1901)
  • Battarrea laciniata Underw. ex V.S.White (1901)[5]
  • Battarrea levispora Massee (1901)
  • Battarrea patagonica Speg. (1898)
  • Battarrea phalloides (Dicks.) Pers. (1801)

See also

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4869693 entry