Wakefieldia

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Wakefieldia is a genus of two species of fungi, generally thought to belong in the family Boletaceae,[1] but a recent molecular study has shown that Wakefieldia macrospora is in fact not related to Boletales and belongs to family Hymenogastraceae.[2]

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Wakefieldia
Wakefieldia macrospora
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Wakefieldia
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Type species
Wakefieldia striaespora
Corner & Hawker
Species

Wakefieldia macrospora
Wakefieldia striaespora

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