Oudemansiella

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Oudemansiella
Oudemansiella mucida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Physalacriaceae
Genus: Oudemansiella
Speg. (1881)[1]
Type species
Oudemansiella platensis
(Speg.) Speg. (1881)
Synonyms[2]
  • Mucidula Pat. (1887)
  • Phaeolimacium Henn. (1899)
  • Oudemansiella sect. Mucidula (Pat.) Zhu L.Yang, Li F.Zhang, G.M.Muell., G.Kost & Rexer (2009)

Oudemansiella is a genus of fungi in the family Physalacriaceae. The genus contains about 15 species that are widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions.[3]

Species

Yang and colleagues revised the genus in a 2009 publication, describing several new species and several varieties. They classified species in the genus into four sections based on the structure of the cap cuticle: Oudemansiella, Mucidula, Dactylosporina, and Radicatae.[4]

The genus name of Oudemansiella is in honour of Corneille Antoine Jean Abram Oudemans (1825–1906), who was a Dutch botanist and physician who specialized in fungal systematics.[5]

The genus was circumscribed by Carlo Luigi Spegazzini in 1881.[6]

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