''Schenella pityophila'' is a species of

fungus A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from th ...

in the family

Geastraceae Geastrales is an order of gasterocarpic basidiomycetes (fungi) that are related to Cantharellales. The order contains the single family Geastraceae, commonly known as "earthstars", which older classifications had placed in Lycoperdales, or Pha ...

found in Europe. It was originally described in 1997 as ''Pyrenogaster pityophilus'', before being transferred to the genus ''

Schenella ''Schenella'' is a genus of fungi in the family Geastraceae. The widely distributed genus contains four species. The genus was circumscribed by Thomas Huston Macbride in 1911. ''Pyrenogaster'', described in 1977, is a later synonym A synonym ...

'' in 2005.

References

Fungi described in 1977 Fungi of Europe Geastraceae {{Geastrales-stub