''Queletia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus was described by

Elias Magnus Fries Elias Magnus Fries (15 August 1794 – 8 February 1878) was a Swedish mycologist and botanist. Career Fries was born at Femsjö (Hylte Municipality), Småland, the son of the pastor there. He attended school in Växjö. He acquired ...

in 1872.

Fruit bodies The sporocarp (also known as fruiting body, fruit body or fruitbody) of fungi is a multicellular structure on which spore-producing structures, such as basidia or asci, are borne. The fruitbody is part of the sexual phase of a fungal life cyc ...

of ''Queletia'' species are roughly spherical with a stipe-like base. They have 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 was

circumscribed In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius. Not every polyg ...

in Öfvers. Förh. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. vol.28 on page 171 in 1872. 3 species, including; * '' Queletia andina'' * ''

Queletia mirabilis ''Queletia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus was described by Elias Magnus Fries in 1872. Fruit bodies of ''Queletia'' species are roughly spherical with a stipe-like base. They have a thin outer skin ( peridium) and a ...

'' * ''

Queletia turcestanica ''Queletia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus was described by Elias Magnus Fries in 1872. Fruit bodies of ''Queletia'' species are roughly spherical with a stipe-like base. They have a thin outer skin ( peridium) and a ...

'' Former species; * ''Q. laceratum'' now '' Schizostoma laceratum'' * ''Q. mundkurii'' now '' Schizostoma mundkurii''

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Agaricaceae Agaricales genera {{Agaricaceae-stub

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