Abstoma
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| Abstoma | |
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| Abstoma Townei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Abstoma G.Cunn. (1926)[1] |
| Type species | |
| Abstoma purpureum (Lloyd) G.Cunn. (1926) | |
| Species | |
Abstoma is a genus of gasteroid fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The type species, A. purpureum, was described from New Zealand by mycologist Gordon Herriot Cunningham in 1926.[1] Wright and colleagues transferred A. stuckertii (originally Bovista stuckertii Speg.) to the genus in 1990,[3] but Moreno et al. proposed a new combination Disciseda stuckertii in 2007.[4] A. fimbrialis was described from Baja California, Mexico, in 1992.[5] A. townei is found in western and southwest USA and in west Argentina, while A. reticulatum occurs in Australia and the western and southwestern USA.[4]
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