Kotlabaea

{{short description|Genus of fungi}}

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| taxon = Kotlabaea

| authority = Svrček (1969)

| type_species = Kotlabaea deformis

| type_species_authority = (P. Karst.) Svrček (1969)

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| subdivision = Kotlabaea deformis

Kotlabaea delectans

Kotlabaea macrospora

Kotlabaea spaniosa

Kotlabaea trondii

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Kotlabaea is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae.Lindemann, Uwe & Vega, Marcel & Alvarado, Pablo. (2015). Revision der Gattung Kotlabaea: K. deformis, K. delectans und K. benkertii. Zeitschrift für Mykologie. 81. 373-402.

The genus name of Kotlabaea is in honour of František Kotlaba (1927–2020) was a Czech botanist and mycologist.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 | s2cid=246307410 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}

The genus was circumscribed by Mirko Svrček in Ceská Mykol. vol.23 on page 85 in 1969.

The GBIF lists the following species;{{cite web |title=Kotlabaea Svrček |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2593606 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=18 May 2022 |language=en}}

• Kotlabaea alutacea {{small|(Berk. & Broome) K.B.Khare}}
• Kotlabaea delectans {{small|(Starbäck) Svrček}}
• Kotlabaea macrospora {{small|Benkert}}
• Kotlabaea spaniosa {{small|(K.B.Khare) K.B.Khare}}