Protomycena 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

Parent taxon: Tricholomataceae according to D. S. Hibbett et al. 1997

Sister taxon: Archaeomarasmius

Subtaxa: Protomycena electra

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Type: Protomycena electra

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Morone Amber Collection) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)

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