''Phialastrum'' is a genus of fungi in the family

Geastraceae Geastrales is an order of gasterocarpic basidiomycetes (fungi) that are related to Gomphales. The order contains the families Geastraceae, which includes the "earthstars" formerly placed in Lycoperdales or Phallales, and also Schenellaceae, Sc ...

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monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

genus, it contains the single species ''Phialastrum barbatum'', described by Sunhede in 1989.

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Index Fungorum
Geastraceae Monotypic Basidiomycota genera {{Geastrales-stub