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Genus: | Queletia
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Queletia mirabilis Fr. (1872)
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Queletia is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Elias Magnus Fries in 1872. [1] Fruit bodies of Queletia species are sequestrate with a thin outer skin ( peridium) and a harder inner skin that breaks into small pieces with age. [2] The genus is named after French mycologist Lucien Quélet (1832–1899). [3]
The genus contains three species: [4]
Former species: [4]