''Gerronema stevensonii'' is a species of agaric fungus in the family Marasmiaceae. It was first described by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Christopher Edmund Broome in 1875, calling it ''Cantharellus stevensonii''. The fungus was named after Reverend John Stevenson, who in 1874 made the

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collection in Glamis, Scotland.

Roy Watling Roy Watling , PhD., DSc, FRSE, F.I.Biol., C.Biol., FLS (born 1938) is a Scottish mycologist who has made significant contributions to the study of fungi both in identification of new species and correct taxonomic placement, as well as in fung ...

transferred the species to the genus ''

Gerronema ''Gerronema'' is a genus of small- to medium-sized lignicolous agarics with white, nonamyloid, spores and decurrent gills. The genus was circumscribed by American mycologist Rolf Singer in 1951. Description Typically the cap of the fruit bodi ...

'' in 1998.

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Marasmiaceae Fungi described in 1875 Fungi of Europe Taxa named by Miles Joseph Berkeley Taxa named by Christopher Edmund Broome {{Marasmiaceae-stub