Torrendia

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Torrendia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Amanitaceae
Genus: Torrendia
O.K. Mill. & E. Horak[1]
Type species
Torrendia pulchella
Bres.
Genus
  • Torrendia arenaria
  • Torrendia deformans
  • Torrendia grandis
  • Torrendia inculta
  • Torrendia pulchella

Torrendia is a genus of mushrooms (Fungi) classified either in family Amanitaceae. The type species, Torrendia pulchella, was first described by Italian mycologist Giacomo Bresadola in 1902, based on material collected in Portugal and sent to him by Torrend.[2]

[edit] Species

  • Torrendia arenaria
  • Torrendia deformans
  • Torrendia grandis
  • Torrendia inculta
  • Torrendia pulchella

[edit] References

  1. ^ Miller OK Jr, Horak E., O. K.; Horak, E. (1992). "Observations on the genus Torrendia and a new species from Australia". Mycologia 84 (1): 64–71. doi:10.2307/3760402. JSTOR 3760402. 
  2. ^ Bresadola J. (1902). "Mycetes lusitanici novi". I.R. Accad. Sc. Lett. E Arti degli Agiatti in Roverto, Series 3 8: 127–33. 

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