| Morganella | |
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| Morganella mexicana | |
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Morganella Zeller (1948) |
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| Morganella mexicana Zeller (1948) | |
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Morganella is a genus of puffball fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus name honors American botanist Andrew Price Morgan (1836–1907). The widely distributed genus is prevalent in tropical areas. A 2008 estimate placed nine species in Morganella, but several new species have since been described.
Species
- Morganella afra
- Morganella albostipitata
- Morganella arenicola
- Morganella benjaminii
- Morganella costaricensis
- Morganella mexicana
- Morganella nuda – Brazil
- Morganella puiggarii
- Morganella purpurascens
- Morganella rimosa
- Morganella samoensis
- Morganella stercoraria
- Morganella sulcatostoma
See also
References
- 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 (1): 4–22. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.10.018. PMID 18207380.
- "Morganella Zeller 1948". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
- Zeller SM. (1948). "Notes on certain Gasteromycetes, including two new orders". Mycologia. 40 (6): 639–68. doi:10.2307/3755316. JSTOR 3755316. PMID 18102856.
- Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 438. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- Cortez VG, Calonge FD, Baseia IG (2007). "Rick's species revision 2: Lycoperdon benjaminii recombined in Morganella". Mycotaxon. 102: 425–29.
- da Silva Alfredo D, Baseie IG (2014). "Morganella nuda a new puffball (Agaricaceae, Basidiomycota) in the upland forests of the Brazilian semi-arid region". Nova Hedwigia. 98 (3–4): 459–66. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2014/0164.
- Alves CR, Cortez VG (2013). "Morganella sulcatostoma sp. nov. (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) from Paraná State, Brazil". Nova Hedwigia. 96 (3–4): 409–17. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2013/0078.
External links
Data related to Morganella (Lycoperdaceae) at Wikispecies
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