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Gastropila

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Gastropila
Gastropila fumosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Gastropila
Homrich & J.E.Wright (1973)
Type species
Gastropila fragilis
(Lév.) Homrich & J.E.Wright (1973)
Species

G. fragilis
G. fumosa
G. hesperia
G. subcretacea

Gastropila is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus, described in 1973,[1] contains four puffball-like species distributed in the Americas.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Homrich MH, Wright JE (1973). "South American Gasteromycetes. The genera Gastropila, Lanopila and Mycenastrum". Mycologia. 65 (4): 779–94. doi:10.2307/3758517. JSTOR 3758517.
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 274. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.