Archaeomarasmius leggetti Hibbett et al. 1997 (gilled mushroom)

Agaricomycetes - Agaricales - Tricholomataceae

Full reference: D. S. Hibbett, D. Grimaldi, and M. J. Donoghue. 1997. Fossil mushrooms from Miocene and Cretaceous ambers and the evolution of Homobasidiomycetes. American Journal of Botany 84:981-991

Belongs to Archaeomarasmius according to D. S. Hibbett et al. 1997

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMH NJ-90Y, Z. Its type locality is New Jersey amber, Sunrise landing, East Brunswick, which is in a Turonian terrestrial amber in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.

Distribution: found only at New Jersey amber, Sunrise landing, East Brunswick

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