Metrodia is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. It was circumscribed in 1971 by mycologist Jörg H. Raithelhuber, with M. collybioides as the type species.[1] M. excissa was added to the genus in 1983.[2]

Metrodia
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Metrodia

Raithelh. (1971)
Type species
Metrodia collybioides
Raithelh. (1971)
Species

Metrodia collybioides
Metrodia excissa

The genus name of Metrodia is in honour of Georges Métrod (also known Léon Georges Edmond Métrod) (1883 - 1961), who was a French mathematician, botanist (Mycology) and watercolor painter.[3]

The genus was circumscribed in Metrodiana vol.2 (4): xxvii in 1971.[4]

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  1. ^ Raithelhuber J. (1971). "Lateinische Kurzdiagnosen der auf der Dreiländertagung in Neubulach vorgestellten Pilzarten aus Argentinien. 1" (in German). 2: 26–28. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ Raithelhuber J. (1983). "Über die Nomenklatur einiger Argentinischer Blätterpilze" (in German). 2: 1–24. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  4. ^ http://www.tintling.com/ literatur/pilzbuecher_von_Joerg_Raithelhuber.html.