Gerontomyces lepidotus 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

Belongs to Gerontomyces according to G. Poinar 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Myc-2. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Bone Room collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (Bone Room collection)

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