Morganella (fungus)
| Morganella | |
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Morganella Zeller (1948) |
| Type species | |
| Morganella mexicana Zeller (1948) | |
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Morganella is a genus of puffball fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus name honors American botanist Andrew Price Morgan (1836–1907).[3] The widely distributed genus is prevalent in tropical areas. A 2008 estimate placed nine species in Morganella,[4] but several new species have since been described.
Species
- Morganella afra
- Morganella albostipitata
- Morganella arenicola
- Morganella benjaminii[5]
- Morganella costaricensis
- Morganella mexicana
- Morganella nuda – Brazil[6]
- Morganella puiggarii
- Morganella purpurascens
- Morganella rimosa
- Morganella samoensis
- Morganella stercoraria
- Morganella sulcatostoma[7]
See also
References
- ↑ "Morganella Zeller 1948". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
- ↑ Larsson E, Jeppson M. (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships among species and genera of Lycoperdaceae based on ITS and LSU sequence data from north European taxa". Mycological Research 112 (1): 4–22. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.10.018. PMID 18207380.
- ↑ Zeller SM. (1948). "Notes on certain Gasteromycetes, including two new orders". Mycologia 40 (6): 639–68. doi:10.2307/3755316. PMID 18102856.
- ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 438. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ↑ Cortez VG, Calonge FD, Baseia IG. (2007). "Rick's species revision 2: Lycoperdon benjaminii recombined in Morganella". Myxotaxon 102: 425–29.
- ↑ da Silva Alfredo D, Baseie IG. "Morganella nuda a new puffball (Agaricaceae, Basidiomycota) in the upland forests of the Brazilian semi-arid region". Nova Hedwigia 98 (3-4): 459–66. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2014/0164.
- ↑ Alves CR, Cortez VG. "Morganella sulcatostoma sp. nov. (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) from Paraná State, Brazil". Nova Hedwigia 96 (3–4): 409–17. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2013/0078.
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