Wakefieldia
| Wakefieldia | |
|---|---|
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| Wakefieldia macrospora | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Boletaceae |
| Genus: | Wakefieldia Corner & Hawker |
| Type species | |
| Wakefieldia striaespora Corner & Hawker | |
| Species | |
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W. macrospora | |
Wakefieldia is a genus of two species of fungi, generally thought to belong in the Boletaceae family,[1] but recent molecular study has shown that Wakefieldia macrospora is in fact not related to Boletales and belongs to Hymenogastraceae family.[2]
References
- ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi. 10th ed. Wallingford: CABI. p. 728. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
- ↑ Kaounas V, Assyov B, Alvarado P. (2011). "New data on hypogeous fungi from Greece with special reference to Wakefieldia macrospora (Hymenogastraceae, Agaricales) and Geopora clausa (Pyronemataceae, Pezizales)". Mycologia Balcanica 8: 105–113.
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