Macrometrula

Macrometrula is a fungal genus in the family Psathyrellaceae.[1] The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Macrometrula rubriceps, found growing in a greenhouse in the Kew Gardens, England.[2] This species was originally named Agaricus rubriceps in 1887.[3]

Macrometrula
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Macrometrula

Donk & Singer (1948)
Type species
Macrometrula rubriceps
(Cooke & Massee) Donk & Singer (1948)
Synonyms

Agaricus rubriceps Cooke & Massee (1887)
Chitonia rubriceps (Cooke & Massee) Sacc. (1887)
Clarkeinda rubriceps (Cooke & Massee) Kuntze (1891)

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 396. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Singer R. (1948). "New genera of fungi. IV". Mycologia. 40 (2): 262–8. doi:10.2307/3755089. JSTOR 3755089.
  3. Cooke MC. (1887). "New British fungi". Grevillea. 15 (75): 65–7.


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