''Abstoma'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

gasteroid fungi The gasteroid fungi are a group of fungi in the Basidiomycota. Species were formerly placed in the obsolete class Gasteromycetes Fr. (literally "stomach fungi"), or the equally obsolete order Gasteromycetales Rea, because they produce spores insid ...

in the family

Agaricaceae The Agaricaceae are a family of basidiomycete fungi and include the genus ''Agaricus'', as well as basidiomycetes previously classified in the families Tulostomataceae, Lepiotaceae, and Lycoperdaceae. Taxonomy The family Agaricaceae was publishe ...

. The

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, '' A. purpureum'', was described from New Zealand by

mycologist Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their taxonomy, genetics, biochemical properties, and use by humans. Fungi can be a source of tinder, food, traditional medicine, as well as entheogens, poison, and ...

Gordon Herriot Cunningham Gordon Herriot Cunningham (27 August 1892 – 18 July 1962) was the first New Zealand-based mycologist and plant pathologist. In 1936 he was appointed the inaugural director of the DSIR Plant Diseases Division. Cunningham established the Ne ...

in 1926. Wright and colleagues transferred ''A. stuckertii'' (originally ''Bovista stuckertii'' Speg.) to the genus in 1990, but Moreno et al. proposed a new combination '' Disciseda stuckertii'' in 2007. '' A. fimbrialis'' was described from

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, Mexico, in 1992. '' '' is found in western and southwest USA and in west Argentina, while '' A. reticulatum'' occurs in Australia and the western and southwestern USA.

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* Agaricaceae Agaricales genera Fungi of Oceania Fungi of New Zealand Taxa named by Gordon Herriot Cunningham {{Agaricaceae-stub

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