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Musumecia

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Rank
  
Genus

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Family
  
Tricholomataceae

Order
  
Agaricales

Similar
  
Agaricales, Singerocybe, Cleistocybe, Pseudoclitocybe, Infundibulicybe

Musumecia is a clitocyboid agaric fungal genus with a soft, pseudosclerotium-like base. A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Musumecia bettlachensis, from France. Phylogenetically, Musumecia bettlachensis is sister to Pseudoclitocybe and is tentatively classified in the Tricholomataceae. Although the type species was also named as new, it is likely that it has been previously described considering the long history of studies on mushrooms in France and Europe in general.

Etymology

The name Musumecia was named after Swiss mycologist Enzo Musumeci.

References

Musumecia Wikipedia