Queletia is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus was described by Elias Magnus Fries in 1872.[1] Fruit bodies of Queletia species are roughly spherical with a stipe-like base. They have a thin outer skin (peridium) and a harder inner skin that breaks into small pieces with age.[2] The genus is named after French mycologist Lucien Quélet (1832-1899).[3]
The genus was circumscribed in Öfvers. Förh. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. vol.28 on page 171 in 1872.
3 species, including;[4]
Former species;[4]
Queletia is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus was described by Elias Magnus Fries in 1872. Fruit bodies of Queletia species are roughly spherical with a stipe-like base. They have a thin outer skin (peridium) and a harder inner skin that breaks into small pieces with age. The genus is named after French mycologist Lucien Quélet (1832-1899).
The genus was circumscribed in Öfvers. Förh. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. vol.28 on page 171 in 1872.
3 species, including;
Queletia andina J.E. Wright (1989) Queletia mirabilis Fr. (1872) Queletia turcestanica M. Petrov (1929)Former species;
Q. laceratum (Ehrenb. ex Fr.) S. Ahmad (1941) now Schizostoma laceratum Q. mundkurii S. Ahmad (1941) now Schizostoma mundkurii
