Queletia Explained

Queletia is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Elias Magnus Fries in 1872. Fruit bodies of Queletia species are sequestrate with a thin outer skin (peridium) and a harder inner skin that breaks into small pieces with age. The genus is named after French mycologist Lucien Quélet (1832–1899).

The genus contains three species:^[1]

• Queletia andina
• Queletia mirabilis (Type species)
• Queletia turcestanica

Former species:^[1]

• Q. laceratum now Schizostoma laceratum
• Q. mundkurii now Schizostoma mundkurii

See also

• List of Agaricales genera
• List of Agaricaceae genera

Notes and References

1. Web site: Species Fungorum - Search Page . www.speciesfungorum.org . 18 September 2022.