Hypogaea

Genus of fungi

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

E.Horak (1964)
Type species
Hypogaea brunnea
E.Horak (1964)
Synonyms
  • Setchelliogaster brunneus (E.Horak) Singer (1971)

Hypogaea is a fungal genus in the family Agaricaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single secotioid species Hypogaea brunnea, described as new to science in 1963 by mycologist Egon Horak.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Horak E. (1963). "Fungi austroamericani. VII. Hypogaea gen. nov". 17 (1–6): 297–301. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Taxon identifiers
Hypogaea


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