Biology:Bovistella

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Bovistella
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Bovistella

Morgan (1892)
Type species
Bovistella ohiensis
(Ellis & Morgan) Morgan (1892)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lycoperdon subgen. Bovistella (Morgan) Jeppson & E.Larss. (2007)
  • Calvatiella C.H.Cho (1936)

Bovistella is a genus of puffball fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus was circumscribed by mycologist Andrew Price Morgan in 1892.[2]

Species

(As of January 2016), the nomenclatural authority Index Fungorum accepts 20 species in Bovistella:[3]

See also

References

  1. "Bovistella Morgan". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICS.aspx?Table=Mycobank&Rec=93926&Fields=All. Retrieved 2016-01-09. 
  2. Morgan AP. (1892). "North American Fungi. Fifth Paper". Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 14 (3–4): 141–148. 
  3. Kirk PM.. "Species Fungorum (version 23rd December 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/75af4471e464a213796ef91918aaeb7a. Retrieved 2016-01-09. 

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