Psathyloma is a genus of three species of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Hymenogastraceae. Used informally among New Zealand-based mycologists since 1997, the genus was formally circumscribed in 2016 with Psathyloma leucocarpum as the type species. The genus name, which combines Psathyrella and Hebeloma, alludes to the morphological similarity of the fruit bodies. Species in the genus Psathyloma are found in New Zealand, where they fruit on the ground in Nothofagus forests.[1]

Psathyloma
Psathyloma leucocarpum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Psathyloma
Soop, J.A. Cooper & Dima 2016
Type species
Psathyloma leucocarpum
Soop, J.A. Cooper & Dima (2016)
Species

P. catervatim
P. leucocarpum
P. psathyrelloides

References edit

  1. ^ Soop K, Dima B, Cooper JA, Szarkándi JG, Papp T, Vágvölgyi C, Nagy LG (7 January 2016). "Psathyloma, a new genus in Hymenogastraceae described from New Zealand" (PDF). Mycologia. 108 (2): 397–404. doi:10.3852/15-143. PMID 26742583. S2CID 31693321.