Battarrea
Introduction '''''Battarrea''''' is a genus of mushroom-producing fungi. The genus used to be classified in the family Tulostomaceae until molecular phylogenetics revealed its affinity to the Agaricaceae. Species of ''Battarrea'' have a peridium (spore sac) that rests atop an elongated, hollow stipe with a surface that tends to become torn into fibrous scales. Inside the peridium, the gleba consists of spherical, warted spores, and a capillitium of simple or branched hyphal threads that have spiral or angular thickenings. The genus is named after Italian priest and naturalist Giovanni Antonio Battarra.
Species *''Battarrea arenicola'' Copel. (1904)*''Battarrea franciscana'' Copel. (1904)*''Battarrea guachiparum'' Speg. (1898)*''Battarrea griffithsii'' Underw., Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 28: 440 (1901)''*''Battarrea laciniata'' Underw. ex V.S.White (1901)*''Battarrea levispora'' Massee (1901)*''Battarrea patagonica'' Speg. (1898)*''Battarrea phalloides'' (Dicks.) Pers. (1801)
See also *List of Agaricaceae genera*List of Agaricales genera
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