Schenella

Schenella is a genus of fungi in the family Geastraceae. The widely distributed genus contains four species.[2] The genus was circumscribed by Thomas Huston Macbride in 1911.[3] Pyrenogaster, described in 1977,[4] is a later synonym.[1][5]

Schenella
Schenella simplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Geastrales
Family:	Geastraceae
Genus:	Schenella T.Macbr. (1911)
Type species
Schenella simplex T.Macbr. (1911)
Species
S. microspora S. pityophila S. romana S. simplex
Synonyms[1]
Pyrenogaster Malençon & Riousset (1977)

References

1. "Schenella T. Macbr. 1911". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 618. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
3. Macbride TH (1911). "A new genus of Myxomycetes". Mycologia. 3 (1): 39–40. doi:10.2307/3753654.
4. Malençon G, Riousset L (1977). "Pyrenogaster pithyopilus G. Malençon et L. Riousset, nouveau genre et nouvelle espèce de Gastéromycète (Geastraceae)". Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (in French). 93 (3): 289–311.
5. Estrada-Torres A, Gaither TW, Miller DL, Lado C, Keller HW (2005). "The myxomycete genus Schenella: morphological and DNA sequence evidence for synonymy with the gasteromycete genus Pyrenogaster". Mycologia. 97 (1): 139–149. doi:10.3852/mycologia.97.1.139.