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Britzelmayria

Britzelmayria is a genus of fungi in the family Psathyrellaceae.

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Britzelmayria
Britzelmayria multipedata growing in Graz, Austria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Psathyrellaceae
Genus: Britzelmayria
D. Wächt & A. Melzer (2020)
Type species
Britzelmayria supernula
(Britzelm.) D. Wächt & A. Melzer (2020)

Britzelmayria is a genus of fungi in the family Psathyrellaceae.1

Taxonomy

The Britzelmayria genus was created in 2020 by the German mycologists Dieter Wächter & Andreas Melzer when the Psathyrellaceae family was subdivided based on phylogenetic analysis.2 Two members of the Psathyrella genus were reclassified as Britzelmayria.

The type species, Britzelmayria supernula was previously classified as Psathyrella supernula.

Etymology

The genus is named after the German mycologist Max Britzelmayr,2 who originally classified the type species as Agaricus supernulus in 1883.3

Species

4

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