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)
Synonyms
  • Cystolepiota subgen. Echinoderma Locq. ex Bon (1981)

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.