Phaeopterula

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Phaeopterula
Scientific classification
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Fungi
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Genus:
Phaeopterula

Henn. (1905)
Type species
Phaeopterula hirsuta
(Henn.) Sacc. & D. Sacc.

Phaeopterula is a

Basidiocarps are clavarioid and resemble species of Pterula
.

Taxonomy

This genus was originally described by the German

mycologist Paul Christoph Hennings in 1905 but most subsequent mycologists considered it a synonym of Pterula. The genus was resurrected in 2020 when a major reclassification of the Pterulaceae based on phylogenetic analysis split the family into four genera: Pterula, Myrmecopterula, Pterulicium, and Phaeopterula.[1]
Three former Pterula species were added to Phaeopterula.

Species

As of October 2022, Species Fungorum accepted five species of Phaeopterula.[2]

References

  1. PMID 32617254
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  2. ^ "Species Fungorum - Phaeopterula". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-10.