Battarrea

Battarrea is a genus of mushroom-producing fungi. The genus used to be classified in the family Tulostomaceae[3] until molecular phylogenetics revealed its affinity to the Agaricaceae. Species of Battarrea have a peridium (spore sac) that rests atop an elongated, hollow stipe with a surface that tends to become torn into fibrous scales. Inside the peridium, the gleba consists of spherical, warted spores, and a capillitium of simple or branched hyphal threads that have spiral or angular thickenings. The genus is named after Italian priest and naturalist Giovanni Antonio Battarra.[4]

Battarrea
Battarrea phalloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Agaricaceae
Genus:
Battarrea

Pers. (1801)
Type species
Battarrea phalloides
(Dicks.) Pers. (1801)
Synonyms[1]

Species
  • Battarrea arenicola Copel. (1904)
  • Battarrea franciscana Copel. (1904)
  • Battarrea guachiparum Speg. (1898)
  • Battarrea laciniata Underw. ex V.S.White (1901)
  • Battarrea levispora Massee (1901)
  • Battarrea patagonica Speg. (1898)
  • Battarrea phalloides (Dicks.) Pers. (1801)

See also

References
  1. "Synonymy: Battarrea Pers". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  2. Welwitsch F, Currey F (1868). "VI. Fungi Angolenses.-A Description of the Fungi collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in Angola during the years 1850-1861". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 26: 279–94. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1968.tb00507.x.
  3. Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. CAB International. p. 363. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
  4. Rea C. (1922). British Basidiomycetae: A Handbook to the Larger British Fungi. Cambridge University Press Archive. p. 53.


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