Biology:Gallacea

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Gallacea
Gallacea scleroderma.jpg
Gallacea scleroderma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hysterangiales
Family: Gallaceaceae
Genus: Gallacea
Lloyd (1905)
Type species
Gallacea scleroderma
(Cooke) Lloyd (1905)
Species

G. avellanea
G. dingleyae
G. eburnea
G. scleroderma
G. subalpina
G. violacea

Gallacea is a genus of fungi in the Gallaceaceae family. The genus contains six species found in Australia and New Zealand.[1] Gallacea was circumscribed by American mycologist Curtis Gates Lloyd in 1905.[2]

References

  1. Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. 2008. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 
  2. Lloyd CG. (1905). The Lycoperdaceae of Australia, New Zealand and neighboring islands. Bulletin of the Lloyd library of botany, pharmacy and materia medica. J.U. & C.G. Lloyd. pp. 1–44. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5518811 entry