Battarrea | |
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Battarrea phalloides | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Agaricaceae |
Genus: |
Battarrea Pers. (1801) |
Type species | |
Battarrea phalloides (
Dicks.) Pers. (1801)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Battarrea is a genus of mushroom-producing fungi. The genus used to be classified in the family Tulostomaceae [3] until molecular phylogenetics revealed its affinity to the Agaricaceae. Species of Battarrea have a peridium ( spore sac) that rests atop an elongated, hollow stipe with a surface that tends to become torn into fibrous scales. Inside the peridium, the gleba consists of spherical, warted spores, and a capillitium of simple or branched hyphal threads that have spiral or angular thickenings. The genus is named after Italian priest and naturalist Giovanni Antonio Battarra. [4]