Gigasperma

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Kingdom Fungi Class Agaricomycetes Rank Genus		Division Basidiomycota Order Agaricales
Family GigaspermaceaeJülich (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

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Gigasperma Wikipedia

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