Echinoderma
| Echinoderma | |
|---|---|
| Echinoderma asperum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Echinoderma (Locq. ex Bon) Bon (1991) |
| Type species | |
| Echinoderma asperum (Pers.) Bon (1991) | |
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Echinoderma is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. Its members were for a long time considered to belong to genus Lepiota and the group was then circumscribed by French mycologist Marcel Bon in 1981 as a subgenus of Cystolepiota before he raised it to generic status in 1991.