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Tympanella

Tympanella
Tympanella galanthina 62374.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Bolbitiaceae
Genus: Tympanella
E.Horak (1971)
Type species
Tympanella galanthina
(Cooke & Massee) E.Horak (1971)
Synonyms
  • Agaricus galanthinus Cooke & Massee (1890)
  • Naucoria galanthina (Cooke & Massee) Sacc. (1891)

Tympanella is a fungal genus in the family Bolbitiaceae. A monotypic genus, it contains the single secotioid species Tympanella galanthina, found in New Zealand. Mycologist Egon Horak defined the genus in 1971.T. galathina was originally described as Agaricus galathinus in 1890 by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke and George Edward Massee.



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