Cribbea

Cribbea
Cribbea sp. from New South Wales, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Physalacriaceae
Genus:	Cribbea A.H.Sm. & D.A.Reid
Type species
Cribbea gloriosa (D.A.Reid) A.H.Sm. & D.A.Reid
Species
C. andina C. gloriosa C. reticulata C. turbinispora

Cribbea is a genus of secotioid fungi in the [[Physalacriaceae family. The genus has a widespread distribution in southern temperate areas, and, according to a 2008 estimate, contains four species.^[1] A new species, Cribbea turbinispora, was reported from Australia in 2009, and in the same publication, C. lamellata was synonymized with C. gloriosa.^[2]

References

1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 
2. ^ Lebel T, Catcheside PS. (2009). "The truffle genus Cribbea (Physalacriaceae, Agaricales) in Australia". Australian Systematic Botany 22: 39–55. doi:10.1071/SB07041. 

External links

• Cribbea in Index Fungorum.