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Psathyloma

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Family
  
Hymenogastraceae

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Order
  
Agaricales

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Hymenogastraceae, Hymenogaster, Hebeloma, Galerina

Psathyloma is a genus of two species of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Hymenogastraceae. Used informally among New Zealand-based mycologists since 1997, the genus was formally circumscribed in 2016 with Psathyloma leucocarpum as the type species. The genus name, which combines Psathyrella and Hebeloma, alludes to the morphological similarity of the fruit bodies. Both species in Psathyloma are found in New Zealand, where they fruit on the ground in Nothofagus forests.

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Psathyloma Wikipedia