Handkea

Handkea is a genus of puffball mushrooms in the family Agaricaceae. In 1989, German mycologist Hanns Kreisel described the genus Handkea to include species of Calvatia with distinct microscopic features, including a unique type of capillitium (coarse thick-walled hyphae in the gleba), with curvy slits instead of the usual pores.[1] Although accepted by some authors,[2] the genus concept has been rejected by others.[3][4]

Handkea
Handkea utriformis
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Handkea

Kreisel
Type species
Handkea utriformis
(Bull.) Kreisel

The genus name of Handkea is in honour of Horst-Herbert Handke (1913-2005), who was a German botanist and Professor at the University of Halle.[5]

Phylogenetic analyses published in 2008 shows that Handkea may be grouped in a clade along with species from several other genera, including Lycoperdon, Vascellum, Morganella, Bovistella, and Calvatia.[6]

Species

  • H. canadensis
  • H. capensis
  • H. fumosa
  • H. hesperia
  • H. lloydii
  • H. lycoperdoides
  • H. subcretacea
  • H. wandae

References

  1. Kreisel H. (1989). "Studies in the Calvatia complex (basidiomycetes)". Nova Hedwigia. 48 (3–4): 281–96.
  2. Laessøe T, Pegler DN, Spooner B (1995). British puffballs, earthstars and stinkhorns: an account of the British gasteroid fungi. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. ISBN 0-947643-81-8.
  3. Demoulin, V; Lange, M (1990). "Calvatia turneri (Ellis et Everh.) Demoulin et M. Lange, comb. nov., the correct name for C. tatrensis Hollós". Mycotaxon. 38: 221–26.
  4. Demoulin V. (1971). "Le genre Lycoperdon en Europe et en Amérique du Nord. Etude taxonomique et phytogéographique". PhD. thesis, Université de Liège.
  5. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  6. Larsson E, Jeppson M (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships among species and genera of Lycoperdaceae based on ITS and LSU sequence data from north European taxa". Mycological Research. 112 (Pt 1): 4–22. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.10.018. PMID 18207380.


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