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Secotium

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

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| image = PSM_V35_D206_Secolium_warnei.jpg

| image_caption =Secotium varnei

| taxon = Secotium

| authority = Kunze (1840)

| type_species = Secotium gueinzii

| type_species_authority = Kunze (1840)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

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| synonyms = *Artymenium Berk. ex E.Fisch. (1933)

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Secotium is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The members of this genus are closely related to ordinary Agaricus mushrooms, but do not open out in the usual way; this has given rise to the term "secotioid" for such mushrooms in general. They are thought to form an evolutionary link between agarics and gasteroid fungi (whose spores are enclosed in a pouch-like structure). Secotium is a widespread genus, with species that are predominantly found in warm and arid regions.

Species

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The secotioid species Agaricus deserticola used to be named Secotium texense before its strong connection to Agaricus caused it to be reclassified. Similarly, in New Zealand Clavogaster virescens was described as both Secotium superbum and Secotium virescens, Leratiomyces erythrocephalus as Secotium erythrocephalum and Psilocybe weraroa as Secotium novae-zelandicus.

See also

References

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{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |edition=10th |publisher=CAB International |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=628 |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}

{{cite web |title=Synonymy: Secotium |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=19312 |publisher=Index Fungorum. CAB International |accessdate=2016-01-09}}

{{cite journal |vauthors=Zang M, Doi Y |title=Secotium himalaicum sp. nov. from Nepal — a folklore concerning the food of abominable snowman |journal=Acta Botanica Yunnanica |year=1995 |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=30–32}}

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External links

  • {{cite web |title=Secotium Kunze |work=Atlas of Living Australia |url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:19312}}

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Category:Agaricaceae

Category:Agaricales genera

Category:Taxa named by Gustav Kunze

Category:Taxa described in 1840

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