Protostropharia

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Protostropharia
Protostropharia semiglobata growing on llama dung in South America
Scientific classification
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Protostropharia

Type species
Protostropharia semiglobata
Species

Protostropharia alcis
Protostropharia arctica
Protostropharia dorsipora
Protostropharia islandica
Protostropharia luteonitens
Protostropharia semiglobata
Protostropharia tuberosa

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Phylogenetically, Protostropharia is distinct from Stropharia, Pholiota, and Leratiomyces.[7][8] Two species, P. luteonitens and P. tuberosa, form pseudosclerotia in the dung substrates.[9][10]

Etymology

The name Protostropharia refers to the less anatomically complex astrocystidia (Greek proto-) as compared to the acanthocytes in Stropharia.

References

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  10. ^ Redhead SA, Kroeger P (1987). "A sclerotium-producing Hypholoma from British Columbia". Mycotaxon. 29 (1): 457–465.