''Britzelmayria'' is a
genus of
fungi in the family
Psathyrellaceae.
Taxonomy
The ''Britzelmayria'' genus was created in 2020 by the German mycologists
Dieter Wächter
Dieter or dieter may refer to:
* A person committed to dieting
People
Dieter is a German given name (), a short form of Dietrich, from ''theod+ric'' "people ruler", see Theodoric.
Given name
*Dieter Althaus (born 1958), German politician
...
&
Andreas Melzer
Andreas ( el, Ἀνδρέας) is a name usually given to males in Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Flanders, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, the Netherlands, and Indonesia. The ...
when the ''Psathyrellaceae'' family was subdivided based on
phylogenetic analysis.
Two members of the ''
Psathyrella
''Psathyrella'' is a large genus of about 400 species, and is similar to the genera '' Coprinellus'', ''Coprinopsis'', ''Coprinus'' and ''Panaeolus'', usually with a thin cap and white or yellowish white hollow stem. The caps do not self digest ...
'' genus were reclassified as ''Britzelmayria''.
The
type species, ''
Britzelmayria supernula
''Britzelmayria'' is a genus of fungi in the family Psathyrellaceae.
Taxonomy
The ''Britzelmayria'' genus was created in 2020 by the German mycologists Dieter Wächter & Andreas Melzer when the ''Psathyrellaceae'' family was subdivided base ...
'' was previously classified as ''Psathyrella supernula.''
Etymology
The genus is named after the German mycologist
Max Britzelmayria
Max or MAX may refer to:
Animals
* Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog
* Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE)
* Max (gorilla) (1 ...
,
who originally classified the type species as ''Agaricus supernulus'' in 1883.
Species
References
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Agaricales genera
Britzelmayria