Gallacea

Gallacea is a genus of fungi in the Gallaceaceae family. The genus contains six species found in Australia and New Zealand.[1] Gallacea was circumscribed by American mycologist Curtis Gates Lloyd in 1905.[2]

Gallacea
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Gallacea

Lloyd (1905)
Type species
Gallacea scleroderma
(Cooke) Lloyd (1905)
Species

G. avellanea
G. dingleyae
G. eburnea
G. scleroderma
G. subalpina
G. violacea

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Lloyd CG. (1905). The Lycoperdaceae of Australia, New Zealand and neighboring islands. Bulletin of the Lloyd library of botany, pharmacy and materia medica. J.U. & C.G. Lloyd. pp. 1–44.


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