Queletia
Genus of fungi
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Queletia is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Elias Magnus Fries in 1872.[1] Fruit bodies of Queletia species are sequestrate with a thin outer skin (peridium) and a harder inner skin that breaks into small pieces with age.[2] The genus is named after French mycologist Lucien Quélet (1832–1899).[3]
| Queletia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Nidulariaceae |
| Genus: | Queletia Fr. (1872) |
| Type species | |
| Queletia mirabilis Fr. (1872) | |
The genus contains three species:[4]
- Queletia andina J.E. Wright (1989)
- Queletia mirabilis Fr. (1872) (Type species)
- Queletia turcestanica M.Petrov (1929)
Former species:[4]
- Q. laceratum (Ehrenb. ex Fr.) S. Ahmad (1941) now Schizostoma laceratum
- Q. mundkurii S. Ahmad (1941) now Schizostoma mundkurii
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