Blastosporella

Blastosporella is a fungal genus in the family Lyophyllaceae.^[1] The genus is monotypic, containing the single South American species Blastosporella zonata, described as new to science in 2007. The fungus produces fruit bodies characterized by producing spherical balls of blastospores that cover the cap surface in maturity.^[2]

Blastosporella
in Murillo, Colombia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Lyophyllaceae
Genus:	Blastosporella T.J.Baroni & Franco-Mol. (2007)
Type species
Blastosporella zonata T.J.Baroni & Franco-Mol. (2007)

See also

• List of Agaricales genera

References

1. Bellanger J-M, Moreau P-A, Corriol G, Bidaud A, Chalange R, Dudova Z, Richard F (2015). "Plunging hands into the mushroom jar: a phylogenetic framework for Lyophyllaceae (Agaricales), Basidiomycota)". Genetica. 143 (2): 169–194. doi:10.1007/s10709-015-9823-8. PMID 25652231.
2. Baroni TJ, Franco-Molano AE, Lodge DJ, Lindner DL, Horak E, Hofstetter V (2007). "Arthromyces and Blastosporella, two new genera of conidia producing lyophylloid agarics (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) from the Neotropics". Mycological Research. 111 (5): 572–80. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.03.007. PMID 17572336. Archived from the original on 2020-07-10. Retrieved 2018-12-29.

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