''Skepperia'' is a

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in the family

Thelephoraceae The Thelephoraceae are a family of fungi in the order Thelephorales. This grouping of mushrooms is commonly known as the "leathery earthfans". Genera The family includes the following eight genera: * '' Amaurodon'' * '' Hypochnus'' * '' Lenzit ...

. The genus was described by mycologist

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in 1857 to contain the

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''Skepperia convoluta''. The genus was

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by Berkeley in Trans. Linn. Soc. London vol.22 on page 130 in 1857. The genus name of ''Skepperia'' is in honour of Edmund Skepper (1825–1867), who was a British

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and chemist.

Distribution

It is only recorded as being found in a few places worldwide, America and

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Species

As accepted by

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; * '' Skepperia andina'' * '' Skepperia convoluta'' * '' Skepperia platensis'' * '' Skepperia zeylanica'' Former species; * ''S. carpatica'' = '' Cotylidia carpatica'', Rickenellaceae family * ''S. spathularia'' = ''

Skepperiella spathularia ''Skepperiella'' is a genus of fungus in the family Marasmiaceae. The widespread genus contains four species. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Albert Pilát in Bull. Soc. Mycol. France vol.43 on page 56 in 1927. The gen ...

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 ...

order

References

External links

* Thelephorales Thelephorales genera {{Agaricomycetes-stub