Bovistella

Bovistella is a genus of puffball fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus was circumscribed by mycologist Andrew Price Morgan in 1892.[2]

Bovistella
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Bovistella

Morgan (1892)
Type species
Bovistella ohiensis
(Ellis & Morgan) Morgan (1892)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lycoperdon subgen. Bovistella (Morgan) Jeppson & E.Larss. (2007)
  • Calvatiella C.H.Cho (1936)

Species

As of January 2016, the nomenclatural authority Index Fungorum accepts 20 species in Bovistella:[3]

  • Bovistella alpina D.A.Reid 1969
  • Bovistella ammophila (Lév.) Lloyd 1902
  • Bovistella atrobrunnea Zeller 1948
  • Bovistella australiana Lloyd 1905
  • Bovistella conspurcata (Berk. & Broome) Petch 1919
  • Bovistella davisii Lloyd 1906
  • Bovistella dominicensis Lloyd 1906
  • Bovistella floridensis Peck 1909
  • Bovistella glabrescens Lloyd 1906
  • Bovistella henningsii Lloyd 1906
  • Bovistella humidicola Bowerman 1962
  • Bovistella japonica Lloyd 1906
  • Bovistella longipedicellata Teng 1932
  • Bovistella melanospora Kreisel 1993
  • Bovistella nigrica Lloyd 1922
  • Bovistella poeltii Kreisel 1969
  • Bovistella reticulata Sosin 1959
  • Bovistella rosea Lloyd 1906
  • Bovistella sinensis Lloyd 1923
  • Bovistella verrucosa G.Cunn. 1925

See also

References

  1. "Bovistella Morgan". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
  2. Morgan AP. (1892). "North American Fungi. Fifth Paper". Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 14 (3–4): 141–148.
  3. Kirk PM. "Species Fungorum (version 23rd December 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2016-01-09.


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