Gerhardtia is a genus of fungi in the family Lyophyllaceae. It was circumscribed in 1994 by French mycologist Marcel Bon, with Gerhardtia incarnatobrunnea as the type species. It is distinguished from similar genera by having spores with an irregular outline.[2] Some authorities place Gerhardtia in synonymy with Lyophyllum.[1] The New Zealand species Gerhardtia pseudosaponacea, described as new to science in 2014, is similar in appearance to Tricholoma saponaceum, including its weakly soap-like odor.[3]

Gerhardtia
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Gerhardtia

Bon (1994)
Type species
Gerhardtia incarnatobrunnea
(Ew.Gerhardt) Bon (1994)
Synonyms[1]

G. borealis
G. highlandensis
G. incarnatobrunnea
G. leucopaxilloides
G. marasmioides
G. piperata
G. pseudosaponacea
G. pudica
G. suburens

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Gerhardtia Bon". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
  2. ^ Bon M. (1994). "Deux Lyophylloideae intéressantes et le genre Gerhardtia st. et nom. nov". Documents Mycologiques (in French). 24 (93): 65–8.
  3. ^ Cooper JA. (2014). "New species and combinations of some New Zealand agarics belonging to Clitopilus, Lyophyllum, Gerhardtia, Clitocybe, Hydnangium, Mycena, Rhodocollybia and Gerronema" (PDF). Mycosphere. 5 (2): 263–88. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/5/2/2.