Gerontomyces Poinar 2016 (gilled mushroom)

Agaricomycetes - Agaricales

Full reference: G. Poinar. 2016. A gilled mushroom, Gerontomyces lepidotus gen. et sp. nov. (Basidiomycota: Agaricales), in Baltic amber. Fungal Biology 120:1090-1093

Parent taxon: Agaricales according to G. Poinar 2016

Sister taxa: Agaricaceae, Aureofungus, Gondwanagaricites, Marasmiaceae, Marasmiineae, Palaeoagaracites, Tricholomataceae

Subtaxa: Gerontomyces lepidotus

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Type: Gerontomyces lepidotus

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (Bone Room collection) (Eocene of Russian Federation)

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