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Gigasperma

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Rank
  
Genus

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Order
  
Agaricales

Family
  
Gigaspermaceae Jülich (1981)

Similar
  
Pterulaceae, Niaceae, Typhulaceae, Cyphellaceae, Fistulinaceae

Gigasperma is a monotypic genus of fungi in the order Agaricales with a single species, G. cryptica. It is treated either as the only genus in the monotypic family Gigaspermaceae, or part of the wider Cortinariaceae. Gigasperma was circumscribed by Austrian mycologist Egon Horak in 1971.

Synonyms

  • Gigasperma americanum Kropp & L.J. Hutchison, 1996 = Cryptolepiota americana (Kropp & L.J. Hutchison) Kropp & Trappe, 2012
  • Gigasperma clelandii (Rodway) E. Horak, 1971 = Horakiella clelandii (Rodway) Castellano & Trappe, 1992

    • References

    Gigasperma Wikipedia
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