Agaricomycetidae is a subclass of

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, in the

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. The name Agaricomycetidae had previously been named by

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in 1984, but his publication did not contain a

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diagnosis and it is therefore

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under the

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. It was subsequently validly published by

Erast Parmasto Erast Parmasto (28 October 1928 – 24 April 2012) was a noted Estonian mycologist, bioscientist and botanist and onetime director of the Estonian Institute of Zoology and Botany. Parmasto was born in Nõmme. He became a member of the Estonian I ...

in 1986.

References

External links

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Systema Naturae 2000: Agaricomycetidae
* Agaricomycetes Lichen subclasses {{Agaricomycetes-stub