Squamanita

Squamanita
Squamanita umbonata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Squamanitaceae
Genus: Squamanita
Imbach (1946)
Type species
Squamanita schreieri
Imbach (1946)
Species
  • Squamanita cameroonensis
  • Squamanita citricolor
  • Squamanita guyanensis
  • Squamanita imbachii
  • Squamanita magnisquarrulosa
  • Squamanita mira
  • Squamanita orientalis
  • Squamanita schreieri
  • Squamanita sororcula
  • Squamanita squarrulosa
  • Squamanita sumstinei
  • Squamanita umbonata
  • Squamanita volvatiparva
Synonyms
  • Squamamanita Imbach (1942) nom. invalid.

Squamanita is a genus of parasitic fungi in the family Squamanitaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) superficially resemble normal agarics (gilled mushrooms) but emerge from parasitized fruit bodies of deformed host agarics.

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