Lutypha

Lutypha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Typhulaceae
Genus: Lutypha
Khurana, K.S.Thind & Berthier (1977)
Type species
Lutypha sclerotiophila
Khurana, K.S.Thind & Berthier (1977)

Lutypha is a genus of fungi in the family Typhulaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single clavarioid species Lutypha sclerotiophila, found in India.[1] The generic name is an anagram of Typhula, a genus with which it has affinities.[2]

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Khurana IPS, Thind KS, Berthier J. (1977). "Lutypha sclerotiophila gen. et sp.nov. (Aphyllophorales) from India". Transactions of the British Mycological Society 68 (3): 478–83. doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(77)80214-3.

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