''Echinoderma'' 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 ...

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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 ...

. Its members were for a long time considered to belong to genus '' Lepiota'' and the group was then circumscribed by French mycologist Marcel Bon in 1981 as a

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of '' Cystolepiota'' before he raised it to generic status in 1991.

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This genus belongs to a group of genera allied to '' Lepiota'' with a white spore print, free (or almost free) gills, stipe easily separable from the cap and having a

partial veil In mycology, a partial veil (also called an inner veil, to differentiate it from the "outer", or universal veil) is a temporary structure of tissue found on the fruiting bodies of some Basidiomycota, basidiomycete fungus, fungi, typically agarics. ...

. Amongst the

it is characterized by the white spore powder, cap skin microscopically an

epithelium Epithelium or epithelial tissue is a thin, continuous, protective layer of cells with little extracellular matrix. An example is the epidermis, the outermost layer of the skin. Epithelial ( mesothelial) tissues line the outer surfaces of man ...

with rounded cells, and a brownish cap and stipe, with brown scales. The name comes from the Greek "echinos" (ἐχῖνος) meaning a hedgehog or sea-urchin and "derma" (δέρμα) meaning skin, referring to the spiny cap surface. The noun "derma" is neuter and therefore if the species name is an adjective, it needs to take the neuter ending (example: ''Echinoderma asperum''). All of the species in the genus reproduce by means of spores and are

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.https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/tede/4123 (Parts of the PDF linked on the website contains info not here on this genus)

Species

*'' Echinoderma asperum'' (Pers.) Bon 1991 *'' Echinoderma boertmannii'' (Knudsen) Bon 1991 *'' Echinoderma bonii'' C.E.Hermos. & Jul.Sánchez 1999 *'' Echinoderma calcicola'' (Knudsen) Bon 1991 *'' Echinoderma carinii'' (Bres.) Bon 1991 *'' Echinoderma echinaceum'' (J.E.Lange) Bon 1991 *'' Echinoderma efibulis'' (Knudsen) Bon 1991 *'' Echinoderma hystrix'' (F.H.Møller & J.E.Lange) Bon 1991 *'' Echinoderma jacobi'' (Vellinga & Knudsen) Gminder 2003 *'' Echinoderma perplexum'' (Knudsen) Bon 1991 *'' Echinoderma pseudoasperulum'' (Knudsen) Bon 1991 *'' Echinoderma rubellum'' (Bres.) Migl. 2000

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q80469 Agaricaceae Agaricales genera

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