Megacollybia

Megacollybia
Megacollybia platyphylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Basidiomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Marasmiaceae
Genus:	Megacollybia Kotl. & Pouzar
Type species
Megacollybia platyphylla (Pers.) Kotl. & Pouzar
Species
M. clitocyboidea M. fallax M. fusca M. marginata M. platyphylla M. rodmani M. subfurfuracea M. texensis

Megacollybia is a genus of fungus in the Marasmiaceae family. Previously thought to be monotypic, the genus was split in 2007 in several species on the basis of genetic data. The type species, M. platyphylla, is restricted in distribution to Europe, Scandinavia, and western and central Russia.^[1]

See also

Fungi portal

• List of Marasmiaceae genera

References

1. ^ Hughes KW, Petersen RH, Mata JL, Psurtseva NV, Kovalenko AE, Morozova OV, Lickey EB, Blanco JC, Lewis DP, Nagasawa E, Halling RE, Takehashi S, Aime MC, Bau T, Henkel T. (2007). "Megacollybia (Agaricales)". Reports of the Tottori Mycological Institute 45: 1–57. http://thicketofdiversity.org/BTA/New_Species/Fungus/MEGACOLLYBIA.pdf. Retrieved 2010-08-12. 

External links

• Megacollybia in Index Fungorum.