''Catatrama'' is a fungal
genus
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in the
family
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Amanitaceae
The Amanitaceae is a family of mushroom-forming fungi. ''Amanita'' Pers. is one of the most speciose and best-known fungal genera. The family, also commonly called the amanita family, is in order Agaricales, the gilled mushrooms. The family con ...
,
order
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...
Agaricales
The Agaricales are an order (biology), order of fungi in the division (mycology), division Basidiomycota. As originally conceived, the order contained all the agarics (gilled mushrooms), but subsequent research has shown that not all agarics are ...
. Originally a
monotypic
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genus with ''Catatrama costaricensis'', found in ''
Quercus
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pilarius'' forest in
Costa Rica
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.
In 2007, the species was reported from Brazil.
Since then 2 additional species, one from
Australia
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and one from
India
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have been recognized.
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See also
* List of Agaricales genera
This is a list of fungal genus, genera in the order (biology), order Agaricales. The list follows Kalichman, Kirk & Matheny (2020), with more recent additions and amendments, as noted. The number of species in each family is taken from Catalogue of ...
References
External links
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Amanitaceae
Fungi of Central America
Fungi of South America
Monotypic Agaricales genera
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